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March 2013

March 07, 2013

How to Catch a Rabbit Using a Venomous Snake

Have you ever needed to catch a wild rabbit? Here's how: Step #1 - Find...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

Where Are You Most Likely to Run Over a Deer?

In some states, a deer crossing sign serves as a warning. But if you live...

February 06, 2013

The Real ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Wasn’t in Texas, Didn’t Involve a Chainsaw, and Wasn’t a Massacre

Film critic J.C. Maçek III examines the urban legend behind The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the...

February 05, 2013

This Hatchet-wielding Homeless Hitchhiker is a Hero

In what will likely go down as one of the most bizarre stories of 2013,...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

The Social Norm of Leaving the Toilet Seat Down: A Game Theoretic Analysis

The Social Norm of Leaving the Toilet Seat Down: A Game Theoretic Analysis: The issue...

January 23, 2013

Dead Human Skin Helps Clean the Air

Human beings are large ozone sinks: The dead cells that slough off your skin every...

January 22, 2013

Dothraki Beats Out Yiddish

Weird fact of the week: Dothraki, the language spoken by a race of pseudo-Mongol nomadic...

January 21, 2013

How Forks Gave Us Overbites

Bee Wilson, author of Consider the Fork, on how historical changes in the ways we...

November 2012

November 14, 2012

How to Have a Stylish Baptism

On behalf of my fellow Texans and my fellow Baptists, I'd like apologize for the...

November 12, 2012

The British Have Invaded 90% Of The World

When it comes to invading foreign lands, no one does it better than the British:...

November 01, 2012

35 Things a Man Should Never Do

Men need advice. We need to be told, preferably early in life, what we should...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Trick or Tract: Satan, Jack Chick, and Other Halloween Horrors

[Note: This is my annual Halloween rant.] Every autumn Christians throughout North America engage in...

October 12, 2012

The 50 Best/Worst Childhood Fads

They were the best of fads, they were the worst of fads—all at the same...