WEIRD FACTS
Even if you avoid industrial farm produce it’s likely that your veggies will have been grown with the help of manure and other animal products. Jessica Glenza in New York @JessicaGlenza – A tractor spreads muck over field of stubble. ‘Most organic agriculture …
Crisco’s main ingredient, cottonseed oil, had a bad rap. So marketers decided to focus on the ‘purity’ of factory food processing. It’s all about having faith in the purity of the process. (Melissamn/Shutterstock.com) By Helen Zoe Veit, The Conversation via Smithsonianmag.Com – …
These holiday mainstays are potent fire hazards. By Alexandra Pattillo – A single spark from a broken string of lights or a jumping flame from a fireplace can transform Christmas trees from magical decorations into raging infernos. The holidays are a notoriously bad …
By Bridget Borgobello – Canadian entrepreneurs Mike Medicoff and Damien Vince have created a toothpaste that comes in the form of a tablet. Change Toothpaste. – In order to combat the hundreds of millions of empty toothpaste tubes that are destined for landfills …
Food trends are far more political — and economically motivated — than it seems. By Martin Cohen and Frédéric Leroy – If you were to believe newspapers and dietary advice leaflets, you’d probably think that doctors and nutritionists are the people guiding us …
By Kim Komando – Special to USA TODAY – Image courtesy Forbes.Com. The scene plays out like a thriller: You pull out your phone, and you see an ad for AirPods. Wait a minute, you think. Didn’t I just have a conversation about …
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN – Nepali Buddhist nuns practise kung fu at the Amitabha Drukpa Nunnery on the outskirts of Kathmandu. – (CNN) Blades swirl around their bodies, coming perilously close to piercing flesh. Swords flashing in the morning sun, the young women …
No harm done this time, but it’s an ominous occurrence. By Scotty Hendricks, 17 December 2019 – Photo by Soumil Kumar from Pexels. Late last week, the city of New Orleans was hit by a ransomware attack. Government offices were able to avoid …
By Mike Hanlon – The winner of the Peninsula Classics 2019 Best of the Best Award will be decided by a panel of 25 well-qualified judges, ranging from collectors to automotive designers. Drawing its contestants from the winners of eight elite Concours events …
Beloved cartoons, which had been retired for 24 years without any official internet presence, now have an archive site with new work in the pipeline. By Alison Flood – Tue 17 Dec 2019 – Well, they’re back … Gary Larson’s TheFarSide.com. Illustration: Gary …
