Santa Claus Playing "Jingle Bells" with a Handgun
(Video Link) Well, of course. Did you think that he was going to use an alphorn? Those things take up too much room in a sleigh. The tune becomes more recognizable about halfway through the video....
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Dietribes: Don’t Hold the Mayo, I Relish It!
• The origins of the word mayonnaise may be derived from mahonnaise, for the Spanish port of Mahon, where the French defeated the British in a 1756 naval battle. Others say it’s from the French verb...
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The Meat from This Grill Will Blow You Away
Welding students at Sandpoint High School in Sandpoint, Idaho made this amazing grill that looks like a Smith & Wesson Model 500 revolver. The students built the 15-foot rig using materials...
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The Ambiguous Origins of the Hokey Pokey
“You put your right foot in, You put your right foot out, You put your right foot in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey, And you turn it all around, That’s what it’s all about…” No...
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The Missing Links: Fantastic Non-Fiction Names
Taking Lincoln Liberties Let’s get a few things straight about our 16th president. Abe Lincoln was never abducted by two time-traveling California teenagers for a school report. He was never actually...
View ArticleSkippy, the Stone-skipping Robot
(YouTube link) When I saw this cute robot that can skip rocks, I thought, “Great, now they automated a lazy summer human pastime.” But you can control this robot to skip rocks for you through the...
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“Weed Dating”
The rural equivalent of “speed dating,” this activity was developed to allow single people with at least a modicum of interest in gardening to meet others interested in outdoor activities. The women...
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B-23 Bomber in the Woods
When our friends Juergen and Mike of For 91 Days were hiking in the Payette National Forest, Idaho, they ran across this wreckage of a B-23 Bomber and told us this fascinating story: In February of...
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Skull Bone Transplanted Twice
Former Idaho beauty queen Jamie Hilton suffered brain swelling after a devastating fall in June. Doctors removed a large chunk of her skull to allow the swelling to heal, then replaced it a few weeks...
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Biking the Hiawatha Trail
When you read about the huge cost (in money and lives) of building railroads through the roughest parts of America, you have to wonder what it would be like to travel those routes. The guys at For 91...
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