Is it true the US Navy kept several aircraft carriers out at sea during Japan’s surrender in World War 2 aboard the Missouri battleship as a precaution for the surrender being a ploy?
It is 100% true. For most of the War in the Pacific, Nimitz had set up a rather unique system of command of the fleet. Not unlike the…
Is Trump’s cabinet a joke?
Here’s the joke:One of Trump’s newly appointed advisors was in the Oval Office with him and asked:“Mr. President, sir, so how are you liking your new Cabinet?He scratched…
What parenting anomalies have been observed in the wild?
While on a normal safari trip, photographer Adri De Vidder’s spotted a particularly eye-catching sight. This is what he saw: Usually, with the aggressive nature of lions and…
Is Apple facing extinction in the future?
I have been highly critical of Tim Cook as CEO of Apple to the point that I have frequently been accused of being anti-Apple. But, listen, under Cook,…
Why were dinosaurs so large in size? What in the evolutionary process caused them to be of such large size? Why are there no living organisms of such size today?
Before we start, what you need to realise is that dinosaurs were definitely large, but not so large. You probably know the numbers: the largest land mammals ever are around…
Where exactly is Voyager 1?
This is a topic of great interest to me, especially since Voyager 1 is the most remote craft we have ever sent forth. After 40 years of travel,…
Why is the Trump presidency turning so disastrously so quickly? Could it be because his critics were completely correct all along?
Not long ago, I stopped in at a Jack in the Box one morning after I got off work (one of my two seasonal jobs is a graveyard…
If the Earth were a grain of sand, then how big would the rest of the universe be in comparison?
Let’s make earth be a largish grain of sand, about 1.27 mm in diameter. This gives us a scale of 10^10 or ten billion to one. Fairly easy…
The President of Mexico recently sent a letter to Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States. She signed it, Sincerely, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo President of the United States of Mexico. Is that the official name of Mexico?
You’d better read the letter … in full. Its content is as follows: Dear President-elect Donald Trump, I am writing to you in response to your statement on…
What are examples of surprisingly low salaries paid to actors in hit movies?
Jonah Hill was so desperate to work with Martin Scorsese that he took the SAG minimum salary to be in The Wolf of Wall Street. Scorsese thought he was…