Did you see this: “Churchill ordered UFO cover-up, National Archives show?”
Key quote:
Prime minister Winston Churchill ordered a UFO sighting be kept secret to prevent “mass panic”.
It got me thinking about …

I know this idea makes sense on a rational level, but still, yuk: “Insects could be the key to meeting food needs of growing global population.”
Key quote:
“We’re looking at ways …

Some articles about Hiroshima point out that a number of Japanese citizens feel that we should apologize for the atomic attacks: “At Hiroshima Ceremony, a First for a U.S. Envoy.”
I …

I’m up at an earlier hour than normal (the cat from Arabia was cold and unhappy, and wanted to share with someone) so I’m reading a little more about Hiroshima …

Holy cow – I didn’t realize it was August 6 until listening to NPR on the way home. Today’s the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
I love …

Weird.
So in 1975 Walt Disney World revamped their Tomorrowland, adding some attraction named “Space Mountain” along with with the a people mover named, well, the “WEDWay PeopleMover”. …

600*
So this finally happened yesterday: “Rodriguez Hits 600th Career Home Run.”
Yep, give that guy a star!

So by now you’ve heard of the mosque planned for two blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center in New York – you know, the one Sarah …

I just saw online that the United States and Canadian dollars are virtually equal right now:

1 US dollar = 1.0167 Canadian dollars

Weird.

In case you haven’t seen this yet: “Inception Ripped-Off Scrooge McDuck & The Beagle Boys!”
The work in question is a from Uncle Scrooge #329 by Don Rosa titled “Uncle Scrooge …

Interesting AP story about the last roll of Kodak Kodachrome film: “De Niro, Brooklyn, India on last Kodachrome roll.”
Steve McCurry, the photographer who took the picture of the Afghani woman …