epub, mobi |eng | 2007-06-01 | Author:New Scientist [Scientist, New]

Beer is ‘raw’ immediately after fermentation, and any harsh sugars that are present, such as the Belgian candy used in some beers, burn the nose, while the hops taste like ...

mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Noel Botham

A FRESH TAKE Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells. Elizabeth Taylor The duration of a film should not exceed the capacity of the human ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2011-09-20 | Author:Bathroom Readers' Institute

TOILET TECH: BABY EDITION Here at the BRI, we never get tired of reading about new bathroom inventions. But it turns out that they’re not all yucky fart-and- odor-related appliances ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:John Michael Scalzi [Scalzi, John]

Source: WESH.com, Associated Press I wasn’t Speeding. The Earth Just Rotated Slower Grab a pencil: It’s time for a quiz! According to Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper, which of the following ...

epub |eng | | Author:David Feldman

Why Do Clocks Run “Clockwise”? In baseball, horse racing, and most forms of skating, we are accustomed to seeing a counterclockwise movement. Is there any particular reason why clocks run ...

mobi |eng | 2012-04-11 | Author:Eddleston, John J [Eddleston, John J]

57 – The last woman executed in public was Frances Kidder, hanged at Maidstone on April 2nd, 1868. 58 – Most people believe that the last man executed in public ...

epub |eng | 2011-11-08 | Author:Highsmith, Patricia [Highsmith, Patricia]

Rent-a-Womb vs. the Mighty Right Alicia Newton had never given much thought to the subject of surrogate mothers, until the Sunday her parents told her that the Reverend Townsend had ...

epub |eng | 2014-05-18 | Author:Daniel Smith [Smith, Daniel]

53 The Large Hadron Collider LOCATION Beneath the Franco-Swiss border NEAREST POPULATION HUB Geneva, Switzerland SECRECY OVERVIEW Access restricted: the world’s largest particle accelerator, studying the creation of the Universe. ...

epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2012-05-17 | Author:Becky Crew [Crew, Becky]

Microraptor Shows Its True Colors MICRORAPTOR “Strip-o-gram!” “He’s here! He’s here! He’s—Oh.” “You’re disappointed?” “Well I was kind of hoping for someone a little more, I don’t know, colorful. You’re ...

epub |eng | 2014-02-04 | Author:Arthur Goldwag [Goldwag, Arthur]

OCCAM’S RAZOR Also known as the principle of parsimony. Named after the English Scholastic William of Occam, also known as William of Ockham (1285–ca. 1349), who wrote, “Pluralitas non est ...

epub |eng | 2013-07-01 | Author:Nathan Belofsky [Belofsky, Nathan]

Dr. Coriat also noticed that stuttering patients would sometimes gesture with their hands, something he found “peculiar.” From this he was able to discern that stutterers stuttered because they were ...

epub, mobi | | 2010-06-21 | Author:Botham, Noel [Noel, Botham,]

The Book of Useless Information The three cardinal virtues are faith, hope, and charity. It was only after 440 C.E. that December 25 was celebrated as the birth date of ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2013-04-23 | Author:Mason Currey [Currey, Mason]

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) “My life has been regulated by insomnia,” Bourgeois told an interviewer in 1993. “It’s something that I have never been able to understand, but I accept it.” ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2013-04-23 | Author:Mason Currey [Currey, Mason]

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) “My life has been regulated by insomnia,” Bourgeois told an interviewer in 1993. “It’s something that I have never been able to understand, but I accept it.” ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-04-30 | Author:Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society [Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society]

On the Road Forty-one percent of people ages 18 to 24 wear seat belts. Only 18 percent of people over age 65 do. If your car is more than 42 ...