30 Year Old Twinkie-Shelf Life
The Bangor Daily News recently reported that Roger Bennatti, a science teacher in Blue Hill, Maine, kept a Twinkie in his classroom for 30 years. The Twinkie, they reported, is …
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Overbooking
Overbooking is a tactic airlines uses to increase profits. That is, they sell more tickets for a flight than they have seats to accommodate. Airlines do this because they know …
Read More Offensive People
Are you an offensive person? If not, you should be. I don’t mean having bad breath or being obnoxious and rude, but rather going on the offensive to get things …
Read More All Things Created Twice
All things are created twice. If you are sitting in a car right now, that car was first created by an automotive engineer, then later by a factory worker. If …
Read More Get the Basics- Learning Czech
In 1991, my family was asked to spend a year beginning a mission work in Czechoslovakia. It was an exciting time as we prepared to bring the Gospel to a …
Read More Time Well Spent
It’s 100 degrees outside. Everyone comes in for a cold drink and someone says, “My it’s hot out there.” Inevitably someone else in the group will say, “Yes, but it’s …
Read More Losing Things
A Reuters news report recently estimated 11,300 laptop computers, 31,400 handheld computers and 200,000 mobile telephones were left in taxis around the world during the last six months. Taxi drivers …
Read More 216 Noodles
There are exactly 216 noodles in a can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup. Not 215, not 217, but exactly 216 noodles. I don’t know how Campbell’s came to the conclusion …
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