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Great Moustaches In History
There is something about a tyrant or the smell of blood that brings out the whiskers. Scoff if you like, but there isn't anybody alive since 1940 who doesn't know…
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The Atlantic Wants Help In Creating A New Holiday. Let’s Help!
The Atlantic, the magazine that thinks well of itself, wants to create a new holiday, the old ones having grown stale. With that in mind: We're in search of a…
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How’d We Do On Our 2018 Predictions?
How'd we do? Let me put it this way: the Magic 8 Ball is in no danger of losing its position as top soothsayer. We were game, but overall there…
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Register Your Predictions For 2019!
As has been our tradition these many years, it's time to register our predictions for the coming year. We look at how well we did last year tomorrow. Rules: Number…
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The Probability of Monkeys Typing Shakespeare
This article, which originally appeared 20 May 2010, was inspired by reading Fredwin On Evolution, as wisely suggested by reader Bob Ludwick. At the bottom of Fred's piece, there appears…
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Merry Federally Recognized Holyday of December 25th That Shall Remain Nameless!
God bless us, everyone! Prayerful thanks to loyal readers who have stuck with us these many years. Peace on earth, goodwill to men.
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Antiprimes
This post originally ran 31 August 2009. Everybody knows that a prime number is one which can only be evenly divided by itself and 1. Thus, for example, 13 is…
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The Mathematics Of Santa Claus’ Present Delivery System
It's the time of year when people begin asking the very pertinent question: How does Santa Claus do it? How does he get all those presents to all those kids…