On this day
July 29
11 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
2 posts
- The color palette of croquet in the 1920s
Croquet has two personalities. One is pristine lawns, all-white clothes, and strict rules. The other is blasting your opponent's ball into the bushes and inventing rules…
- The mystery deer of Oregon
A few mystery deer sculptures showed up in an Oregon roundabout. Then more appeared. Then googly eyes. Then a pink flamingo. It reminded me of a…
2024 2 years ago
1 post
- Using video rental coupons from a 1998 phone book
Ten years ago, on July 29, 2014, I was going to use the free video rental coupon in a 1998 phone book. I was going to…
2011 15 years ago
1 post
- Most highlighted verses in the Bible
The Amazon Kindle allows you to see which parts of a book have been highlighted the most by everyone reading it on a Kindle. Here’s the…
2010 16 years ago
1 post
- Who will win the monster versus sushi fight?
(photo by ohalchemygirl) It’s a monster versus sushi smackdown! Who will be the last monster or sushi standing? My bet is on the tamago. I love…
2008 18 years ago
1 post
- The word “update” was invented in 1948
Update. That’s a weird word when you look at it. Up. Date. It’s like a day that’s up in the air. Even weirder, according to etymonline.com…
2005 21 years ago
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- Chicago Cubs Daytime Baseball is Unique
The Chicago Cubs play 55 home games during the day in the 2005 season. The rest of baseball has an average of about 27 day home…
2004 22 years ago
3 posts
- Ravenswood for Peace handouts
About once every month, the Ravenswood for Peace stands outside the Western Brown Line stop in the morning giving handouts concerning current political situations. The women…
- following estonia in the 2004 olympics
It would be nice if there was a website for the 2004 Olympics where you can search exactly what events a specific country is participating in.…
- Spearmint Peppermint Wintergreen: Triple Threat Match
A thought that has been sticking to me for some time has been why do we have three flavors of spearmint, peppermint and wintergreen? Standing in…
2003 23 years ago
1 post
- high school reunion callback
Called Heather back about the high school reunion. It was weird, cuz the phone rang like four times and I was expecting to leave a message.…