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5 Random Unanswered Questions

December 12, 2005
  1. What inspirations led to the invention of the wheel?
  2. How are new languages created?
  3. How did our numbering system get to be base-10?
  4. Are there any sounds that can be spoken by humans that cannot be spelled out with the English alphabet?
  5. Who organized the letters in the alphabet anyway? Why were they organized that way?

Hmm… food for thought.

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10 Random Things to Be Thankful For

September 19, 2005
  1. Water isn’t flammable.
  2. Gravity pulls, not pushes.
  3. There’s never been a nuclear war.
  4. Garbage cans have no sense of taste.
  5. Seeing a lightning flash gives us time to plug our ears.
  6. Baby animals are so cute.
  7. There’s such thing as open source software.
  8. Air doesn’t have an unpleasant smell.
  9. John Lamansky has a blog that’s enjoyable to read (fingers crossed in a hopeful manner).
  10. Our system of counting is based on our number of fingers.

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