On this day
April 2
12 items, across every year
2025 1 year ago
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- When a one-inch King Kong becomes a behemoth
This might be the world's smallest King Kong, but he still managed to make his mark on Chicago's skyline.
2024 2 years ago
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- Celebrating a palindrome day with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
4/2/24 is the first palindrome day of 2024. It's also National Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Day. You can make a PBJ into a palindrome sandwich.…
2020 6 years ago
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- Stay at home challenge: Photograph all the door knobs in your residence
Lately everyone has been sharing creative projects to do at home. Usually they are cute like putting a teddy bear in your front window. But how…
2013 13 years ago
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- Why standing in the middle of an expressway to take photos is a good idea
Out of the millions of photos that get posted to flickr every day, my sprouting tulip photo is currently the #112th most popular image on flickr…
2010 16 years ago
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- The 1908 Chicago Cubs ballpark is still a park
West Side Grounds where the Cubs last won the World Series in 1908 is still a park. Or at least on Google Maps it looks like…
2009 17 years ago
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- Stat of the Day – Homering Without Doubling
Carlos Zambrano is sixth all time for are the leaders in a season for home runs without a double. In 2006 he had six homeruns with…
2007 19 years ago
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- Let’s go to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics!
If Chicago gets the 2016 Olympics, it would be very interesting to see the olympics in another city first. That way you know what to expect…
2006 20 years ago
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- Life-Like Stickers of Children on Doors Call Attention to Begging
Childcare India is running a campaign in India that affixes life-like stickers of begging children to glass doors to call attention to apparently rampant child begging.…
2005 21 years ago
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- how to have fun with fantasy league baseball
Two-team fantasy league baseball Being in a baseball fantasy league with just two teams is fun. Everyone on your team is an all-star. No looking up…
2004 22 years ago
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- April Fool’s day
A list of pranks I bought for April Fool's day
2003 23 years ago
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- Amazon return
A good friend bought me something from amazon.com, but the wrong item shipped. Now I’m sending it back, and they will send me the correct item.…
2002 24 years ago
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- Snow protestors
Then at like 4:00pm yesterday, there a bunch of protestors outside the Tribune building. Once or twice a month, we get protestors outside protesting one thing…