Your week in Quickies
Aug 27 2008, 23:03 EDT

[jackdied]
Aug 27 2008, 23:03 EDT
The expression “I’ll eat my hat” traces back as far as the 19th century, usually credited to Abraham Lincoln in reference to one of his trademark stovepipe hats, which were often made of tenderloin.

[jackdied]
Aug 27 2008, 14:20 EDT
Sortable by country population, etc. Also, John Hood points out that the EU won a lot of medals partly because they got to submit lots of teams. If the US could send 50 times more athletes it could expect many more medals too.

[bobsalive]
Aug 26 2008, 16:25 EDT
Similar to the one that
jackdied
documented here.

[bobsalive]
Aug 22 2008, 13:20 EDT
'Element' number 1 is of course Bacon.

[bobsalive]
Aug 19 2008, 12:46 EDT
A blog dedicated to Simpsons-ized versions of famous characters.

[bobsalive]
Aug 17 2008, 14:31 EDT
Decorated cakes gone wrong.

[bobsalive]
Aug 17 2008, 13:41 EDT
From scorpion kebabs to dog brain soup; a selection of the revolting street foods of Beijing.

[bobsalive]
Aug 17 2008, 13:04 EDT
He consumes 12,000 calories per day when training or competing.

0.10 seconds
jackdied.com 2003-2007