Today I

Found Out

Today I found out that the woman Jack Nicholson thought was his sister for a good portion of his life, turned out to be his mother. In 1974, Jack Nicholson’s movie Chinatown was opening in theaters;  Time Magazine then chose to do a cover story on Nicholson.  Someone working at Time Magazine called Jack up to [...]

Today I found out that NASA uses the 1998 film, Armageddon, in their management training program.  It turns out, to absolutely no one’s surprise, that this is not because it’s an incredibly well thought out movie in how to stop an asteroid from hitting the earth…  No, they use it because it contains over 168 [...]

Today I found out Twilight was rejected by fourteen publishers before finally getting published.  In other news, fourteen out of fifteen publishing houses have quality standards on works they accept.  Though of course, in this case at least, having no literary standards seems to have paid off for lucky number fifteen.  So good on ya [...]

Today I found out Toad is flipping us all off in Super Mario Bros.  As if the cloud/bushes thing wasn’t enough, now this!  It’s all been a lie! ENHANCE! ENHANCE!

Today I found out why soap operas are called soap operas.  This all started out in the 1920’s, a simpler time where Jazz was swell, the soviet union was born, Robbert Goddard became the first rocket man, and people and the world only existed in black and white. In this bustling time, radio was the Bee’s [...]

Today I found out that the clouds and bushes in Super Mario Bros are virtually the same, differing only in color.  Touche Mario designers, touche. In other news, Einhorn is Finkle!!!