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One of my favorite dialogues from the show Friends was when Joey calls something a “Moo Point.” When pressed by a stunned Rachael, he explains “Yeah, a moo point. It’s like a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter.” The exchange sounds like something the great baseball player Yogi Berra would have said. Somehow, it actually makes…
When you do pushups, are you pushing yourself up or pushing the ground down? If you’re a mere mortal not named Chuck Norris, you’re pushing yourself up – unless you’re a wimp who can’t do a pushup, in which case you’re face-planting into the ground. Who is Chuck Norris? If you don’t know who Chuck…
The first space rendezvous, the greatest astronaut prank ever pulled, the first woman in orbit, an astounding spacewalk – learn the inside stories about the unsung space-breaking astronauts.
Jump to top 10 International Idioms You’re in a foreign land and nervous about conversing with the locals. But you’ve studied the basics of their language and have electronic translation tools. You’ve got this. Then they say something off the wall. The literal translation leaves you feeling like a fish out of water. You get…
Jump to top 10 Idiom Etymologies Imagine you are at a soccer game with your Spanish friend, and your team was getting their brains beat in (losing). Besides calling the game football, your friend might say that it was time to “flip the tortilla”. You might respond by telling her not to beat around the…
The first space rendezvous, the greatest astronaut prank ever pulled, the first woman in orbit, an astounding spacewalk – learn the inside stories about the unsung space-breaking astronauts.
How Tiny Are They? The tiniest 20 countries cover a combined land area of just over 2,500 square miles between them (5340km). Combined, they could all fit comfortably inside the state of Delaware, the United States’ second smallest state. Skip the details: Jump to Top 10 Tiny Travel Destinations Tiny Countries Here are the twenty…
Color Me Surprised I began researching the uses of human excrement as a lark, thinking there might be some interesting material that would make people laugh. Yes, there are jokes to be made, which I’ve sprinkled throughout. But I was surprised to learn about the wide-ranging applications of this abundant natural resource… Jump to Top…