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Napoleon was short He was actually 5' 7". The confusion comes from him being listed at 5' 2" at this death, but that was measured in French feet and inches, which was slightly larger than Imperial units. Don't Swim after Eating Going swimming after eating might make you short of breath if you...

ABBA then and now. ABBA celebrated the 50th anniversary of their founding by an impromptu performance onstage together for the first time in 30 years.

Political correctness is now a caricature of itself. "As college campuses have become bastions of rigorously enforced political correctness, the limits on speech have come crashing down in the real world, with the presumptive Republican nominee for president dishing out macroaggressions on a...

Gas prices are at their highest point of the year, averaging $2.313 nationwide as of today. This month also marked the first time since August that the average price was more than $2 per gallon in every state and Washington, D.C. But don't despair, the good news is that, despite the high...

George Zimmerman is auctioning off the gun he used to defend himself against the "brutal attack" by Trayvon Martin. The gun is a piece of "American history" and is an "American Firearm Icon." The $350 Kel-Tec PF-9, 9mm pistol's bidding starts at five grand. A portion of the proceeds will go...

Billy Hamilton scored on a routine single to left. From first base. That's nuts. 21.8 MPH (32 feet per second), 8.2 seconds to complete the trip.

Little baby Hong Hong from Pingjiang County in Hunan Province China has 16 toes, also has 15 fingers and no thumbs. Mom has 11 toes and 11 fingers.

May the first be quenched. May the second meant be brief. May the fourth be with you. Cinco de May O

August 21, 2017, a Monday Mark your calendar and make it a point to see this. Nearly the entire Lower 48 will see at least a partial eclipse that day, with the total eclipse happening roughly 2:20PM Eastern Time. That's just the ballpark, at it will vary a great deal depending upon where you...

Here it is. From an elementary school math test. The math problem in the picture below deals with Reasonableness. In mathematics, reasonableness a rough and easily mentally-calculated estimate, often referred to as a "ballpark estimate." It can help to predict the numerical range the final...

Many of you may now have received the Weekly Digest email that lists the Top 25 most popular threads of the previous week. It's just a no-frills email that can help keep you informed of something you may have missed. It goes out on Saturday mornings. Everyone who has logged on within the last...

We're working on implementing a new ratings system to replace and greatly enhance the "likes" we've all come to know and love. The system is, at its core, a user rating system where users are rated based on their posts. The options are Positive, Negative, and Neutral. All of them here will...

An Italian, an Irishman and a Chinaman are hired to work on a construction site. On the first day the foreman points to a huge pile of sand and says to the Italian," You're in charge of sweeping." To the Irishman he says, "You're in charge of shoveling." To the Chinaman he says, "You're in...

This is a picture of a bus located in Anywhere , USA. The bus is moving. Which direction is the bus moving, to the left or to the right? 80% of kids 10 years old and younger got the answer nearly immediately, without hesitation, without having to think about it. 80% of adults are flummoxed...

We now have a new Bookmark feature that lets you create you own set of Bookmarks for individual posts. Comes in handy for recalling important posts, and for storing posts for later reference. This should come in handy for doing research. At the bottom of the posts you'll see a new Bookmark...

Displays an alert in your browser tab. Most web users like to keep a few tabs open of their favorite websites and forums. With this add-on you can quickly glance at your tabs to see if there are any new alerts. Tabs are updated automatically even when you're viewing other websites. The image...

There are several ways to start a new Conversation with a member. You can go to your Inbox, click Start a New Conversation, and then start typing the member's name into the Participants field. After the first 3 or 4 letters a list of names will pop up. Select one. You can click someone's...

There are many ways in which expediters deal with winter. How do you deal with it? If there's a choice not on the poll that should be, let me know and I'll add it.