The House by Any Name
A tenant. A house. And a question about who really holds the keys.
AND THEN THERE’S THIS...
1877
Edison supposedly finishes the phonograph. Except the diary says December.
1960
NASA launches a 100-foot balloon so radio signals can bounce off it.
1981
IBM releases a computer others can copy. They do.
1990
Sue the T. rex is found. Then the argument becomes who owns her.
Records. Signals. Copies. Ownership. Probably nothing.
OPEN AUGUST →
Public Decisions
A disappearance, a family, and a public story that changed depending on who was speaking.
A simple question. Two spouses. Two answers. On television, the mismatch was entertainment. Somewhere else, the same mismatch
DID YOU KNOW?
The tiny pocket on jeans was originally made for a pocket watch.
Pocket watches became especially important to railroad workers, who needed reliable timekeeping.
Railroads helped push North America toward standardized time zones.
Computers still have to wrestle with local time versus standardized time.
On August 12, 1981, IBM introduced the PC that helped establish a personal-computer standard.
Industry & Science
WANTED
ONE MISSING FOOTNOTE
Last seen near
the final paragraph.
The Face Provided
Face value varies.
Humming Wires
Live Telegrams
14:02 GMT
PORT CLOSED AFTER UNEXPLAINED OUTAGE. OFFICIAL CAUSE PENDING. STOP.
15:15 GMT
HEATWAVE BREAKS RECORDS ACROSS EUROPE. RAIL LINES BUCKLING. STOP.
16:45 GMT
SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW NEW ACTIVITY NEAR DISPUTED ATOLL. DETAILS LIMITED. STOP
Curiosities & Scientific Anomalies
A simple question. Two spouses. Two answers. On television, the mismatch was entertainment. Somewhere else, the same mismatch
BEFORE WE CALL IT PARANORMAL
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
Spiritualism Debunked: Medium exposed using hidden phonographs during séance.
Phrenology Discredited: Leading medical journal dismisses skull bumps as indicator of character.
Perpetual Motion: Another machine seizes on gears; inventor flees city.