TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

Argument about the origins and date of introduction of the domestic fowl or chicken ( Gallus gallus ) to the Americas has raged for over 30...

(Yes, I know the bank may be legally justified in denying the claim, but it still offends me to encounter such hubris in the corporate burea...

On June 18, 1178, five monks at Canterbury reported witnessing a catastrophe in the sky: There was a bright new moon, and as usual in that p...

Number of people in New York City who jump subway turnstiles, per minute: 105 Amount a cousin of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd lost at casin...

Begin with a simple algebraic equation: a + b = c Now, replace each letter with 4 of that letter minus 3 of that letter: 4a - 3a + 4b - ...

One of the best optical illusions I've ever encountered: The squares labelled A and B are exactly the same color . Here is a proo...

The 77-year-old spent part of Monday wedged in the tank's opening upside down, with his head inside. By Associated Press Last ...

I don't know whether I'm allowed to reproduce in this blog some items from the Harper's Index; perhaps I will be spared punishme...

Nobody knows which is the 39th and which is the 40th state. North and South Dakota were admitted on the same day and President Harrison kept...

Raised in Pennsylvania, Dr. Paul is a retired OB/GYN specialist (Duke University) who has been a congressman from the Galveston area of Texa...

To mask their odor from rattlesnakes, California ground squirrels and rock squirrels chew on sloughed-off snake skin and smear it on their f...

Someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there. You have worn shorts and a parka at the same time. You have either ...

In part because the content is relevant to my starting a new blog, but mostly because I want to test the mechanism for uploading photos to b...

The Mitford sisters reportedly posted this sign in their home: OWING TO AN UNIDENTIFIED CORPSE IN THE CISTERN VISITORS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO ...