Aerogel, Smuf communism, ferrofluids, the Nazi rocketplane, the Bobbits, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, a nuclear car, carbon nanotubes, and the Kalinin K-7

Today, we will look at three wondrous technological materials, a couple of unusual aircraft, the man who lived in a Paris airport for 18 years, communism in The Smurfs, the Ford Nucleon, and the wife who sliced off her husband's genitalia.

War of the Golden Stool, the first email spammer, doord, Mariner 1, Boston Corbett, a beach made of glass, and Endal the super dog

After a week of rough times, dear constant reader, I have finally gotten my final date of wearing the uniform, which will be May 20th. Expect lean posting to continue as I finish my days as and active-duty Marine.

Today, we will examine why we should all hate Gary Thuerk, the Glass Beach at Fort Bragg, a NASA disaster caused by a missing hyphen, a lexicographic typo that appeared in Webster's, a war between the British and the Ashantis over a stool, and the crazy life of the man who killed a presidential assassin.

The railplane, a town of one, Islamic sex therapist, the first porno, a computer you fixed by dropping, bee battle, and February 30th

Sorry for the lack of recent updates; this is a trend that will likely continue for the foreseeable future. I'm ramping up to go on terminal leave as my contract draws closer to expiration, and there are many things to do as I prepare to become a civilian again. On top of that, the date I can finally file for divorce approaches, and there is sudden doubt that this will actually occur. The patience of my only follower is needed as my personal life tumults.

Today, we will examine the career of Dr. Heba Kotb, Le Coucher de la Marie, the ill-designed Apple III, Monowi, Nebraska, the Battle of Tanga, February 30, and the Bennie Railplane.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, buttock mail, the abandoned Prada store, the lady who sold time, odd electoral write-ins, a posthumous murder, and equating the Large Hadron Collider with doomsday

Today, we will take a look at how the Large Hadron Collider could kill us all, Ruth Belville, Máel Brigte of Moray, Prada Marfa, buttock mail, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and the elections in Greece and Picoazá.

April Fools' Day!

Today is April Fools' Day, and the tradition is to play pranks and jokes. Instead of coming up with my own prank, which I know will never compare well to that of others, I figured I would just look closely at such articles instead.

Well to Hell, the Toledo War, supermoon, the straw millionaire legend (and a red peper clip), and being hanged, drawn, and quartered

Today, we look at a particularly vicious method of execution, the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system, the war between Michigan and Ohio, drilling a borehole all the way to hell, and trading from a simple common object to wealth.

Elephant crushing, pyroflatulence, lawn mower racing, some unusual place names, and the Impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on the video game industry

With an eye to the recent disaster in Japan, we look at the effects it has had on that nation's massive video game industry, execution by elephant, lawnmower racing, and the lighting of farts. We also have a couple of follow-ups to examine.

Fried Mars bars, Futurama theorem, the thagomizer, ëẍcëssïvë ümläüts, long names, Neutral Moresnet, and oddities of the English language

Today's post is a tad longer  than normal, and we will look at the metal umlaut, a comic-inspired anatomy nomenclature, Scots who deep-fat fry candy bars, a theorem about body switching, some odd English words, a sub-nation that was shared between the Prussians and the Dutch/Belgians, and a couple of odd names.

Extreme ironing, "republican marraige", The craziest British Commando ever, legally haunted by ghosts, and vagina dentata

Today's post examines French Revolutionary executions, Jack Churchill, extreme ironing, Stambovsky v. Ackley, and the terrifying concept of a vagina with teeth.

Interstate 180, a secret nuclear test, MacQuariums, Space Shuttle rescue, and a naughty street name

Today, we will examine Gropecunt Lane, the Wyoming Interstate that isn't even a highway, the desecration of a Macintosh computer, the Vela Incident, and the Space Shuttle's Launch On Need missions.

Military dentists, interactive gravestones, boobquake, and a museum in a porta-potti

Today's post examines the effects of cleavage on earthquakes, grave markers installed with video, the Bog Standard Gallery, and 3rd Dental Battalion.

Glowing 'shrooms, royal alms, and a town destroyed in the worst landslide in U.S. history

Today's post examines the former town of Thistle, the obscure ceremony of giving Royal Maundy, and foxfire.