TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

Minimalistic, but totally effective.  As soon as the trick-or-treat official hours began at 4:30, a bunch of kids began to gather around ...

It has been known for years that athletes who win bronze medals are happier than those who win silver.  When I encountered the photo abov...

I didn't know about these because I don't go into women's restrooms in nightclubs. Bars lately are coming up with secret co...

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Merriam-Webster has reconfigured their database so that you can now look up all the words that were invented (or recorded) in any given year...

I'm guessing I saved myself 1-2 hours compared to going to City Hall on November 6.

Excerpts from an article published in this month's edition of the American Journal of Medicine : Approximately 15.5 million Americans...

Looks like it should be called West of the Mississippi virus.  The distribution varies from year to year; the map shown is for the most r...

YouTube link . The term is much in the news recently, applied frequently to the political realm.  I've looked it up a number of ti...

Details on the condition and its treatment at Hobby Farms (photo via ): Crooked toe is a poultry foot disorder characterized by one or...

From the Washington Post , where there is more information and more charts.

Spotted while visiting a show at a local hotel.  This was a featureless dead-end area on the main floor, adjacent to a set of elevators. ...

Study of a Young Woman (also known as Portrait of a Young Woman , or Girl with a Veil ) is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Verm...

"An oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico has gone unplugged for so long that it now v...

"The world’s oldest intact shipwreck, complete with mast, rudders and rowing benches, has been found at the bottom of the Black Sea...