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June 10, 2025 0 The Ancient Roman Pee Tax Urination goes by many, many euphemisms. Taking a leak, peeing, tinkling, a number one, pissing, etc. — the [...]
June 9, 2025 0 Can a Flying Potato Read This Email? If you’ve been on an airplane recently, you probably know that — even though you’re 30,000 feet above [...]
June 2, 2025 0 Why a Boy Brought a Microwave to School Spalding, Lincolnshire, is a town of about 30,000 people in the eastern part of England. (Here’s a map.) [...]
May 30, 2025 0 Surprising Joy at Concerts, Rolling for Cheese, and a Programming Update Hi! I have a lot of random things to share today. There’s no through-line, really. Let’s take them in [...]
May 28, 2025 0 There’s No Such Thing As Bad Publicity, Especially if You Lie a Bit Every year, dozens, if not hundreds, of movies come out, all hoping to reach large audiences. But there’s [...]
May 27, 2025 0 The Girl With Twin Fathers Most of us, somewhere, have our birth certificates somewhere in our homes. In most cases, listed on that [...]