So the 48-hour Film Project is coming to Richmond this summer. In fact, registration starts next week on the 27th of May and the actual project happens in July (18th-20th). I’m seriously contemplating doing this. For those of you who don’t know (and don’t feel like clicking on the link), the 48-hour […]
Not only is it impossible to whistle and hum at the same time, but the last person to try it - a professional cheese taster by the name of Ms. Beverly Creaseton - spontaneously disintegrated when she made her attempt in the Spring of 1957.
While it is true that repeated strikes to the head can deteriorate mental functionality, it is equally true that after enough of those hits, the brain adapts and actually improves performance with every blow. Unfortunately, that threshold number varies per individual and no one know exactly how many they have to take before things […]
Wolves have far-sighted hearing, meaning that they can literally hear a single drop of water in a rainstorm 40 miles away, but if you make a noise near them, chances are good that they won’t even notice you. Their close-distance smell and sight are still strong, so the recommended way to test this is to […]
Playgrounds were designed to slowly bake children while they play. In fact, the first known set of playground equipment was made in Germany by some pleasant, though unattractive, older ladies. Construction materials consisted almost entirely of gingerbread and cake icing.
The reason laughter is the ultimate medical cure-all is because all laughter, regardless of the vocal chords of the laughing individual, has the same resonant frequency. That sound is actually destructive to the cell membranes of disease-causing cellular organisms, causing them to rupture and ultimately destroy the disease.
I was sitting in a Starbucks drinking some coffee and working on the layout for the re-design of this site. A kind women approached me and had a small conversation with me about what I was working on. In that moment, I realized that it has been forever since I posted anything and […]
In 15 years, all pedestrian travel will be done by pogo stick.
Studies have shown that a mixture of coffee and the stomach juices of sea otters will give certain people superhuman strength for nearly 15 minutes.
The rhinoceros is the only creature on the planet that qualifies as being a member of both the animal and plant kingdoms. Ancient people referred to them as roaming tree elephants. In fact, part of the reason they run so fast is because if they stand still for too long, they grow roots out of […]
