World’s Strangest

In honor of the founding of the Red Cross on October 29, 1863, here’s a closer look at the organization, how it works, and its greatest triumphs. How It Works There is no international Red Cross. Instead, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) oversees and approves national Red Cross organizations, ensuring those local organizations always [...]

The Canadian Paralympic Committee ad campaign for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London features this awesome poster (click to see full size), and a video that you can see (and read more about) at Laughing Squid. Link

I’m not a fan of The Lord of the Rings, but I have wondered how such a monumentally influential author was overlooked for a Nobel Prize in literature. C.S. Lewis nominated J.R.R. Tolkien in 1961. The governing committee considered him, but ultimately awarded the prize to the Yugoslavian writer Ivo Andri?. Why? Recently declassified documents [...]

Okay, it’s time to give your presentation to the hiring committee. Just load up the PowerPoint show. Now what was the combination again? Tarator, a Russian steampunk modder, does computer security the old fashioned way. Link (Google Translate) -via Make

It’s like something out of that Alanis song: An old man turned ninety-eight, He won the lottery and died the next day Dr. Ralph M. Steinman won a Nobel yesterday for his breakthrough work in immunology, but died last Friday, days before the announcement was made. How sad is that? From the New York Times: Nobel Prizes cannot be [...]

You may be aware that comedian Stephen Colbert has formed his own political action committee in order to mock the system. Now however some people are taking him very seriously. The Colbert Super PAC may be a stunt, but it has the imprimatur of the Federal Elections Commission: “Mr. Colbert may establish and operate the committee. [...]

The Argentinian Air Force have announced the formation of a committee to study UFOs. Sylvia Perez Simondini of the Argentinean Republic Committee for …

The Argentinian Air Force have announced the formation of a committee to study UFOs. Sylvia Perez Simondini of the Argentinean Republic Committee for …