This Hatchet-wielding Homeless Hitchhiker is a Hero
In what will likely go down as one of the most bizarre stories of 2013, a hatchet-wielding homeless hitchhiker saves the day by stopping an attack by a racist who thinks he’s Jesus Christ.
View ArticleSecond Graders Learn Grammar by Correcting the Tweets of Pro Football Players
Elmwood Franklin School’s second grade students applied their lessons in proper sentence structure, noun and verb usage, spelling, and punctuation to correct the tweets of professional football...
View ArticleThe Real ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Wasn’t in Texas, Didn’t Involve a...
Film critic J.C. Maçek III examines the urban legend behind The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the real story of it’s inspiration, Ed Gein: Although Gein is sometimes referred to as a “serial killer”, he...
View ArticleJ.R.R. Tolkien Killed a Beatles Lord of the Rings Movie
Can you imagine a Lord of the Rings movie starring the Beatles and directed by Stanley Kubrick? No? Well, neither could J.R.R. Tolkien: Once upon a time, the Fab Four—having slain the pop...
View ArticleWhere Are You Most Likely to Run Over a Deer?
In some states, a deer crossing sign serves as a warning. But if you live in South Dakota, Iowa, or Michigan, the signs serve as foreshadowing for your inevitable fate. Using its claims data and state...
View ArticleHow to Write a Love Letter and Salvage Valentine’s Day (A Guide for Men)
If you’ve waited until today to make plans you’ll find yourself at the Quik-E-Mart fighting other pathetic slobs for the last Whitman’s sampler or single-stem plucked-in-November rose. But I have an...
View ArticleDay Jail for Kids
What are schools for? Here’s John Holt’s theory: society demands of schools, among other things, that they be a place where, for many hours of the day, many days of the year, children or young people...
View ArticleHow to Catch a Rabbit Using a Venomous Snake
Have you ever needed to catch a wild rabbit? Here’s how: Step #1 – Find a deadly snake . . . (Via: 22 Words)
View ArticleThe Math Behind Love-Matching
The founder of online dating site OKCupid explains how his site’s love-matching algorithms work.
View ArticleSo Say We All: Why Battlestar Galactica Was the Best Sci-Fi Series Ever on...
A shockingly large segment of the population suffers from the delusion that all artistic judgments are subjective. For instance, when confronted with a claim such as “John Singer Sargent is the...
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