Daily Curio

2-98. Hydrogen is Not Fuel

Is Curiosity a political position? Should it be? Maybe.

2-97. Are You Conservative, Liberal, or Curious?

2-96. How Slavery Tore DC Apart – Literally

You know what a camel's hump contains, right? RIGHT?

2-95. Mysteries of the Camel’s Hump

A picture is worth 1,000 words, but which ones?

2-94. The Dark Side of Curiosity: A Beating in Kenya

2-93. Wolves of the Magic Mountain

The Sorcerer's Apprentice has more accuracy in it than you might think.

2-92. Ignoring The Lighthouse

Take one old swimming pool, add common objects from 1940s, and fill it with an inert gas. Then cover it with a seven foot stone slab, and you’ve created “The Crypt of Civilization."

2-91. Hog Calling in 8,113 CE

2-90. The Truth of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice

People read headlines and think they know the story. They often know less than they knew before.

2-89. Stop the Presses!

Bottle messages are icons in our culture, and interest in them continues unabated. Here are some facts about messages in bottles that add to the romance.

2-88. Bottle Messages

Captain Cook named it Christmas Island, despite the fact that he actually arrived on Christmas Eve.

2-87. The Other Christmas

Prisoners Cinema plays 24/7. Even if you don't want it to.

2-86. Prisoners Cinema

I’m holding in my hand a deck of cards, and they’re wonderful.

2-85. Play It Forward

Fire up a Google for a moment. Type in the words “How do you pronounce…” and then look at the autofill results. If you get the results I did, the first hit will be “gyro.’ Or is that “gyro” or “gyro”? The second hit will be “GIF.” An acronym is a word that’s made out […]

2-84. You’re Pronouncing it Wrong!

Four curious things ever weekday, connected in ways that aren’t always obvious.

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