"I will allow you to pull my 'hairpiece;' if it moves, I will give you another $100,000; if it does not, I punch you in the mouth. How about it?" — Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra's "pull my hairpiece" challenge
PostNord, Denmark's postal service, to end letter delivery
Denmark's state-run postal service, PostNord, is to cease letter collection and delivery. Volume is down 90% since the beginning of the new millennium, they say; the public boxes will be… READ THE REST
Contractors renovating National Gallery wing find 1990 letter from donor praising removal of false columns
In the late 1980s, London's National Gallery got a new wing thanks to a donation from Lord Sainsbury and his brothers. He objected to false columns added by the architect,… READ THE REST
In defense of the hard C
My kid just turned 4 years old, and as he tries to make sense of the magical mysteries of spelling words, there's one question that he keeps returning to: why… READ THE REST
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