It’s Never Sunny in North Korea • North Korea’s World Cup adventure began auspiciously with a hard-fought 2-1 loss to a superior Brazil team, leading the government to release photographs […]
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The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams, crossword by Matt Jones, News of The Weird
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The ol’ Oklahoma/railroad feud
In the Donald E. Westlake novel Drowned Hopes, character Tom Jimson says Oklahoma remained dry following the repeal of Prohibition and was so feisty about it that officials arrested a […]
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Outer frontiers of U.S. immigration policy
The Outer Frontiers of U.S. Immigration Policy The $125 million Jay Peak ski resort in Vermont, with 120-room hotel, ice arena, golf course and the Northeast’s largest water park, is […]
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The Great Australian Emu War
Recently my roommate told me about the 1932 “emu war” in Australia. He said 1932 was a dry year that made 20,000 emus restless, causing them to invade a residential […]
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Birth tourism!
Lead Story Among the promotions offered by New York City’s upscale Marmara Manhattan hotel is a “birth tourism” package exploiting the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. For about $35,000, a foreign […]
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Are Binaural beats bunk?
I’ve been hearing about the positive effects of binaural beats and how they can alter your state of mind. Can listening to a strange tone for hours on end really […]
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The true force of a boxer’s punch
In the movie Rocky IV, Ivan Drago registers a 2,150-psi punch. That seems unrealistic to me, and yet I’m hearing Internet rumors about MMA fighters and boxers coming close to […]
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Fat Fetish
Lead Story While the morbidly obese struggle with their health, those who eroticize massive weight gain are capturing increased attention, according to a July ABC News report. Commercial and personal […]
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Can you kill bacteria in the microwave?
If I take a piece of pizza that’s been sitting on the table awhile and microwave it for one minute, would that kill bacteria and decrease the chance of food […]