November 2011
25 posts
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on this...
mentalflossr:
That same day, authors Aldous Huxley and Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis also died.
Hmm.. Indeed
“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...”
– Paula Poundstone (via missfolly)
When Meg and Jack look at each other and you want...
“In an ideal world no one would talk before 10am. People would just hug, because...”
– Zooey Deschanel (via espanagirl)
Amen!
Crack Research: Doctor cracks knuckles on only one... →
cranquis:
I can’t believe I haven’t shared this story with you guys before! Talk about dedication to a cause (or perhaps, a deep-seated resentment towards some relative who wouldn’t let young Unger pop his phalanges)! Dr. Unger won the 2009 Ig Noble award in Medicine for this.
This article by Scientific American mentions other studies in the same area, and is quite loaded with puns too (Ooh, my...
“Beauty is a form of genius—is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no...”
– Oscar Wilde, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ (via missfolly)
