Do I have emit sort of personal electrical short or something?!?
This has been basically a lifelong oddity, but I can stop watches just by wearing them (or simply carrying them in my pocket). I can also hear a lot of stoplights & streetlights, although less...
View ArticleWhat's the status of the Ryungyong Hotel?
Just like it says in the title: I'm wondering what the status is of the Ryungyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. I know building began in 1987, stopped in 1992, re-started in 2008, and was to be...
View ArticleAsking for a friend: anybody out there have a Kia Soul?
A friend of mine is looking to buy a new car; her top choice right now is a Kia Soul (backup choices are the Honda Fit, Mazda3 and Nissan Juke). The thing is, while she's read every review she can...
View ArticleHow secure is a car with a 'remote keyless entry' system?
I just had to get a new car, and the one I got (a 2016 Honda HR-V) has remote keyless entry plus a pushbutton start/stop for the ignition. How secure is this when it comes to car thieves? I was...
View ArticleAl Capone's hidden son, or was this whole theory a fraud to sell books?
I fell down a bit of a Wikipedia rabbit hole today: Al Capone and his family. As in, whatever became of Al Capone's son? Along the way I unexpectedly found some stuff from 2009-2010 about a dude who...
View ArticleDoes Donald Trump have a driver's license?
Just that: does Donald Trump have, or did he ever have, a driver's license? Can he even drive anything other than a golf cart? I know he had those pictures taken a couple days ago in a big rig, but...
View ArticleMeeting my new sibling....
I have recently discovered I have an older half-sister, and would love advice on how to go about this. So I did the Ancestry.com DNA test last fall, simply because I've been working on my family trees...
View ArticleBeans, beans, the musical fruit: the more you eat, the more you toot!
Okay, I know this is ridiculous, but: in just about every book, movie, or TV show, cowboys eat beans. Chuck wagon cooks make big pots of beans for cowboys on roundups or trail rides, cowboys on their...
View ArticleDriving from DC area to Outer Banks
I'm in Alexandria Va., and will be going down to the Outer Banks in NC (Corolla/Duck) again soon. I've pretty much always gone straight down I-95, but is there a better route? As anyone who has driven...
View ArticleNeed telescope recommendations for kids, please!
Short and sweet: a 10-year-old niece and her 7-year-old brother have requested a telescope for Christmas, and while I'm more than willing to encourage anything to do with STEM, I'm afraid I just don't...
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