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No doubt you’ve heard the tragic news of the events that unfolded at Fort Hood yesterday, a place so remote and different from our daily lives that we struggled to picture what the largest military base in the U.S. might actually look and feel like. As we always do, we turned to cinema for some [...]

As General Motors continues to repurpose and shape-shift in order to remain competitive, how creative are they really getting? Presumably they’ll still be manufacturing cars, instead of shifting to bikes, trains or some other more sustainable and long-lasting solution. We imagine they’re also sticking to mostly gas-powered vehicles, instead of actually doing something new like [...]

Did you know that today’s ubiquitous camouflage army uniforms came about mostly because early 20th century Brits and Germans couldn’t be bothered to dress their armies stylishly? Or that Roman Catholic priests’ tell-tale white collars became the norm when all the cool priests started following a late 16th century trend towards un-popping their collars.
This interesting [...]