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Can You Name the 9 US Supreme Court Justices?

[via MetaFilter] According to a recent survey of "a representative sample of 1000 adults nationwide [America]", two-thirds couldn't name any…

20 years ago

This Saturday in Dundas Square: World’s Largest Poutine!

Poutine makes the Baby Atkins cry! The X, an afterschool TV show on the CBC will be hosting an event…

20 years ago

In Hindsight, This Ad’s Kinda Creepy

Here's an old Union Carbide ad from Miss Fipi Lele. It has the title Science Helps Build a New India:

20 years ago

R.I.P. Pierre Berton

SvenGolly asked if it would write some kind of elegy for Canadian journalist/historian/author/television personality Pierre Berton. As I mentioned earlier,…

20 years ago

Our Pro-Bush Contingent Can’t Draw a Crowd, Didn’t Learn from "Star Wars" and are Cheapskates

[via Relapsed Catholic] Here's a breathless writeup of a pro-Bush rally organized by the unintentionally funny site FreeDominion.ca ("Show up…

20 years ago

Thank You!

eye Magazine is one of Toronto's "alternative" weekly magazines. Last Thursday afternoon, I was in a small town outside Boston,…

20 years ago

The Ultimate "People Who live in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Throw Stones" Example

Here's a hilarious-yet-sad story about a father who tried to scare his kids off drunk and disorderly behaviour by calling…

20 years ago

Textbook Disclaimer Stickers

[via MetaFilter] You may be aware of this stickers being put into science textbooks in Cobb County, Georgia -- they…

20 years ago