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What’s Up With All Those Crudely Hand-Lettered Home Sale Signs?
The purchase of a home is the weightiest financial transaction of most people’s lives; it’s a bit jarring to see it marketed with techniques more commonly associated with roadside sweet corn and free kittens.
Why Doesn’t the Oregon Coast Have More Islands?
In short, not only are we all doomed, we don’t even get a nice, peaceful island where we can pitch a hammock and wait for the end.
What’s the Deal With Grapefruit and Drug Interactions?
Grapefruit has been documented—not just by somebody’s brother-in-law, but in peer-reviewed studies—as affecting the way your body absorbs over 100 different drugs.
Since When Does the Post Office Discount Its Stamps to Anyone?
Hasn’t the post office suffered enough? That’s why I’m urging stamp users to do the right thing and buy real stamps.
Who Else Besides the U.S. Uses Fahrenheit These Days?
The only nations primarily using Fahrenheit are (1) the U.S. and its possessions, (2) the Bahamas, (3) the Cayman Islands and (4) Liberia.
Where Do TriMet Drivers Go to the Bathroom?
Most transit centers actually do have restrooms. They’re just not open to the public.
Has Anyone Ever Made a Decision as Stupid as the Iran War?
In the grand sweep of despotic, empire-ending boners, the current president’s flailings barely crack the top 20.
How and Why Did the Snooze Duration on Alarm Clocks Get Codified as Nine Minutes?
The historical record does not include the CEO of General Electric explaining the company’s snooze motives to a joint session of Congress.
Are Acting Cabinet Members in the Presidential Line of Succession?
In theory, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer (11th in the line of succession) could have become president at the very moment she was (allegedly) visiting this strip club.
Will Saving the Pull Tabs From Cans Help Kids Get Dialysis? Or Is It a Scam?
You’d need to collect 618,000 pull tabs to pay for a single day’s dialysis treatment.
Why Is the Toilet Paper in Public Restrooms Shrinking?
What’s happening with your ever-dwindling bog rolls is a classic case of shrinkflation.
Is There a Legal No Man’s Land Above the Columbia River?
It’s certainly tempting to believe in bridges as a secret, hidden dimension where the position of a few signs can short-circuit the entire legal system.