The British Army Knife. Available only in Canada.

Since 1950, more than 300 million eggs of Silly Putty (approximately 4,500 short tons / 4,100 tonnes) have been sold.

Man that's a lot. Kinda makes you wonder who's been eating it all.

Labels: cultural anthropology, firearms, gender dimorphism, International Relations, methods considered unsound, music, Rule 303, too much information

There is only one "h" in "Schenectady".

Carry on.

Labels: blank spaces on the map

Well, it turns out the Rapture happened on Saturday, but it was a pretty low-key event. Only three people on Earth were in a state of grace and they haven't been missed yet. Next up, we've got a thousand years of plague, famine, and war. So we don't have to learn anything new at least.

Labels: Eschatology

As I walked through the city today, I passed a school, and heard the joyful voices of children singing lines I remembered from my own childhood:

There was a farmer, had a dog,
and Bingo was his name-O...

Well, now. A rational, thinking person must take no factual claim at face value. So I checked. Snopes.com does not confirm it.

My skepticism was vindicated. Let this be a lesson to you.

Labels: anthropology, Fact Checking