Here are this week’s Life Pro Tips. 1. If you need to quickly convert °C to °F, double it and add 30. Vice versa for °F to °C, subtract 30 and divide by 2. It’s not an exact conversion, but more of a temperature range. 2. If someone doesn’t appreciate something you do for them,…… Read More »
Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 659, click here 1-5 Kickass Random Fact 1. In his acceptance speech for the 1976 Best Album Grammy, Paul Simon jokingly thanked Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album that year. Stevie Wonder had won Best Album in the previous two years and would go on to…… Read More »
Horse racing catches the eye of a wide variety of spectators—sports enthusiasts, horse lovers, gamblers, and those looking to enjoy a fun weekend outdoors. While the horses are the star of the show, each horse is manned by a rider called a jockey. You may think, “Awesome, they get to ride a horse for a…… Read More »
Here are this month’s crazy headlines. 1-5 Crazy Headlines 1. Woman sues McDonald’s after burger ad moved her to break lent fast. – Source 2. Olympic cameraman stopped filming field hockey to focus on a cockroach in the game’s final minutes, baffling fans. – Source 3. Meghan McCain: CNN’s Cuomo ignoring brother’s scandal ‘the worst…… Read More »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 298, click here. 1. In response to the Anti-Japanese sentiment that followed the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese-American Citizens League opened the Anti-Axis Committee Office on 14 December 1941. It was part of their campaign to demonstrate the loyalty of American-born Japanese citizens to the…… Read More »
Here are 5 things you should know. 1. Discount Tires, Les Schwab, and several other tire chains offer free air checks and flat repairs. 2. Despite popular belief, most self-defense instructors say you should NOT use your keys as a weapon. First and foremost, you risk dropping your keys or having them taken from you,…… Read More »
Busch Beer was created to spite Major League Baseball. STL Cardinals owner August Busch Jr was told by MLB he couldn’t name their ballpark Budweiser Stadium. He got approval to name it after his family and then ordered his brewers to create the new beer. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #659 first appeared… Read More »
Here are this week’s uplifting headlines. 1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week 1. Reduced shipping in Alaska has led to happier whales. – Source 2. Tennessee girl, 8, is rescued from an ISIS detention camp in Syria after her American mother ran away to join the terror group and was killed in an airstrike. –…… Read More »
Here are this week’s shower thoughts. 1-5 Shower Thoughts 1. The real moral of the “Tortoise and the Hare” isn’t “slow and steady wins the race,” it’s “arrogance loses the race.” 2. You can legally kick out your own child at 18 with nothing, but be forced to take care of another adult you want…… Read More »
We asked our regular contributors through e-mail What is the one rule of cooking amateurs need to know? We got many interesting responses. Here are some of them. We have just copied and pasted their responses, not editing them in any way. 1. A lot of the time when people add salt to a dish because…… Read More »
Facial hair has a long, fluctuating history, with most people donning beards and mustaches in centuries long gone. But, despite its disappearance from most white-collar jobs in the 20th century, facial hair has still kept its appeal. It’s no longer just for priests, lumberjacks, and the dapper bartender. Beards are for all people. But sometimes,…… Read More »