The Late Movies: Arresting Music
A video showing a fellow who had been arrested, took the internet by storm today. He was confined to the back of a police car and sang Bohemian Rhapsody in its entirety, while completely snoggered.
Robert Wilkinson had a little too much and decided the squad car was the perfect place for karaoke. How did he [...]
12 Creative Campaign Slogans to Inspire the 2012 Candidates
Christine Lusey runs Retro Campaigns, the internet’s premier source for historical campaign t-shirts and memorabilia. We asked if she could compile some memorable slogans from past elections. She did not disappoint.
These days it seems like every campaign slogan is just a series of political buzzwords: Hope! Change! Values! Newt! But it wasn’t always this way. [...]
Green Sea Slug Is Part Animal, Part Plant
Some animals eats algae and incorporates the algae’s chlorophyll into its own body. According to Sidney K. Pierce of the University of South Florida in Tampa, the sea slug Elysia chlorotica no longer has to, because it has incorporated enough of the plant’s genes into its own DNA to manufacture chlorophyll in its own body!
The [...]
43 Facts about 44 Presidents
We all know the tired old legends and facts – George Washington ‘fessed up to chopping down a cherry tree; Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin; JFK had an affair with Marilyn Monroe; Bill Clinton had some laundering issues with a Gap dress. But there’s more than meets the eye with the Presidents – [...]
6 Christmas Firsts
Do you know which president put up the first White House Christmas Tree? Ever wonder which department store hosted the first department store Santa? Here’s a look back at a few not-so-famous Christmas firsts.
1. The First Department Store Santa
The first “department store Santa” in the U.S. made his appearance at a Philadelphia dry goods store [...]
10 Memorable Presidential Campaign Slogans
By Brendan Spiegel
While today’s presidential slogans are mostly indistinguishable combinations of the words “America,” “leader,” and “change,” that certainly wasn’t always the case. Here are 10 campaign slogans worth remembering.
1. Voters didn’t know much about Democrat Franklin Pierce when he headed into the 1852 election, so Pierce decided to cast himself as the rightful heir [...]
