Brothers regift same hard candy for decades Posted February 23, 2022 Two U.S. brothers have gotten their holiday regifting skills down to an art — they’ve been passing the same hard candy back and forth for over 30…
Bishop in Sicily tells kids Santa doesn’t exist Posted February 17, 2022 A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily publicly apologized to outraged parents after its bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. In a Faceb…
Word Wonders: Portmanteau words Part 2 Posted February 6, 2022 Continued from Part 1… Portmanteau words are added to the English language all the time. Recently, scientists have attached cutting-edge bionic arms t…
Word Wonders: Portmanteau words Part 1 Posted February 5, 2022 A portmanteau word combines the meaning of two other words. If you take “smoke” and “fog,” you can make the portmanteau “smog,” which describes fog intensified by smoke or polluti…
4-year-old boy summons police to check out his toys Posted January 24, 2022 In Japan, the police emergency number is 110. In New Zealand, it’s 111. Needless to say, in both countries, that number should not be dialed unless the caller is …
Man builds rotating house to fulfill wife’s wish Posted December 13, 2021 Seeking to please his wife, who had wished for a more diversified view from their family house, a Bosnian self-taught innovator has built a
Word Wonders: Idioms from animals Part 2 Posted December 5, 2021 Continued from Part 1… It’s difficult to shuck an oyster — that means to open an oyster shell — but your reward might be a beautiful pearl. That gives…
Word Wonders: Idioms from animals Part 1 Posted December 4, 2021 In this month’s column we look again at common idioms from the animal kingdom. Guinea pigs are very cute pets, and have also often been used in laboratory test…
Book returned to UK cathedral’s lending library after 300 years Posted October 25, 2021 The old saying “better late than never” took on new meaning when Keith Farrow, the reverend canon of Sheffield Cathedral in northern England, told an amazing story to UPI News. …
Views and Visions: Colorful idioms Part 2 Posted October 17, 2021 Continued from Part 1… White elephants are rare albino elephants that are seen as sacred and venerated in parts of South Asia. White elephants were so…