One would think it would be rather simple to count the toes on an elephant. For many years the answer has been 5. But recently John Hutchinson published a paper declaring the answer to be 6. What we learned reading How The Elephant Got Its Sixth Toe: Elephants have a sixth toe which is hidden…
LaDondrell Montgomery had an airtight alibi for his whereabouts during a December 13,2009 armed robbery. He was in prison for another crime. Unfortunately, neither prosecutor, nor defense attorney, nor even the defendant realized this. As a result, Montgomery was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for a crime he could not have committed. Shortly…
Fear Factor went off the air in 2006 due to poor ratings, and for some reason or other, a cadre of fans pined for its return. The show, emblematic of much of what is lacking in modern culture, will soon make its return to NBC. The network is desperate for a hit, and Matt Kunitz,…
In 1989, for a brief run,Disney uncharacteristically let its hair down. A musical review produced for Comedy Warehouse, one of the late Pleasure Island’s night clubs, called Forbidden Disney, viciously poked fun at Disney itself. According to DeScope Michael Eisner gave Walt Disney Imagineering this assignment: “Create a show for the Comedy Warehouse. It should…
In what ought to be a criminal offense, Sharron Smalls, Principal of Jane Addams High School in the South Bronx stands “accused of handing students chemistry credits for cosmetology courses and geography credits for tourism classes. Teachers say the fraud may lead to more than 100 seniors not graduating from the F-rated school because they…
British Airways was concerned about morale among cabin crews. Rather than look at scheduling, pay, or working conditions, the airline developed a brilliant morale-boosting plan. Dubbed “Hug a Pilot”, the program urged cabin crew to mix more and socialize with pilots. The Daily Mail reports that at least one stewardess decided a mere hug was…
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] There has been much press about SOPA and the potentially chilling effect it will have on free expression. There is no question that the law should not be passed, and we urge all to contact their elected officials and voice their opposition. Just as important, we need to…
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman are accustomed to busting myths. But this week, the hosts of television’s “Mythbusters” busted two houses and a minivan. A cannonball fired at tanks of water at bomb demolition range missed its target and careened for 700 yards through 2 houses and a car. Fortunately, nobody was injured. “Crazy, crazy,…
For one 21 year old woman in Portland, Oregon, the question of what to do with a dead horse recently had a bizarre answer: strip naked and crawl inside. The 32 year old horse “was put down humanely, with a single shot to the brain from a high powered rifle.. When asked why she had…
Failing to accept that his marriage his over, unemployed equity analyst Todd Remis has sued H & H photography, alleging that the firm failed to capture the last 15 minutes of his ill-fate nuptials, and demanding that they gather everyone back together and recreate the event in order to capture the moment for posterity. Mr.…