On this day
May 26
12 items, across every year
2022 4 years ago
1 post
- Can you mail a paper airplane with a regular stamp?
Throwing a paper airplane into the mailbox slot is a lot of fun!
2016 10 years ago
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- $53M Oppenheimer Blue diamond found on sidewalk in Chicago
The jewelry world got rocked as the Oppenheimer Blue became the world’s most expensive diamond ever auctioned. A telephone bidder won the Christie’s auction with a…
2014 12 years ago
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- Interpreting a yellow painting of a dog in Panera
A dog sits in a kitchen and smells unseen fresh bread. He patiently waits for this delicious treat. For the past couple of hours here at…
2011 15 years ago
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- The Grand construction is over, or so I thought
This morning I exclaim out loud, “Wow, my train station is so nice now! It’s so open and big!” I look around amazed as other commuters…
2010 16 years ago
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- Blackhawks helmets wrong size on Art Institute lions
Someone made some wrong measurements, because the Chicago Blackhawks helmets don’t quite fit onto the heads of the lions in front of the Art Institute. The…
2009 17 years ago
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- An obvious secret to hot chocolate
Whenever I would have hot chocolate at work in my big mug, it always tasted bad. Was it the black mug sucking out the heat? Not…
2006 20 years ago
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- Sticky Note Village
Have some interactive fun in your office with this great new idea for New Toy Friday.
2005 21 years ago
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- Cool desktop patterns: 365 days visualization
I was playing around with ways of visualizing 365 days a year. One of the graphics takes a line rotates around it around 365 times. It…
2004 22 years ago
3 posts
- Albert Einstein doll
Dressed for intense classroom action, this 5 inch tall hard-plastic Albert Einstein Action Figure holds a piece of chalk in his hand, poised to explain relativity…
- Autobot Jazz has a mullet!
Jazz the Autobot transformer has a mullet in this icon rendition! Haha!
- 67 degree difference between days in Anatartica
Wow, can you imagine having a forecast that has a 67∆í difference from one day to the next? Well, at the South Pole’s Amundsen-Scott’s station it…
2002 24 years ago
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- All-nighters and eating
When pulling an all-nighter, it’s critical to eat in the morning/afternoon afterwards. Even though your body may be tired, and you’re not really hungry. Not eating…