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The famous clip that featured the debut of Mickey Mouse as we know him, Steamboat Willie, first aired on November 18, 1928, making today Mickey’s 81st birthday. (He appeared in Plane Crazy six months earlier, but that version of the character, considered by many to be more interesting, was scrapped and re-worked for Steamboat.)
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Yesterday was X-Ray Day, which few people know means anyone in the world can get unlimited free X-rays all day (that is a lie, sadly, nobody celebrates X-Ray Day). The X-ray was first discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen on November 8, 1895, though he likely never suspected the comic and bizarre applications his invention might [...]

We’ve long had a fantasy of renting (buying even, maybe, since it’s a fantasy) an old church and turning it into a really cool loft-type thing. We almost did it once, but then realized that we couldn’t change the three story-tall stained glass images of Jesus and company being killed/tortured/abused, because the church was a [...]

As you’ve presumably heard by now, purveyor of many things lowest-common-denominator Disney recently bought out comic book empire Marvel to the tune of $4 billion. Regardless of whether you think this will make the mousy company’s products better or the wolfy-spidey-hulky company’s work suffer, you can probably take a great deal of pleasure from the [...]

Exactly 140 years ago today, Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York patented the very first waffle iron. His was a simple model, which sat atop wood or gas ovens, and whose two cast iron plates were attached by a hinge. Though the mechanics of modern day waffle design are basically the same (except, you know, [...]

At the end of the week, a brand new science-themed mini golf course will be opening at the Hall of Science in Queens, New York, and though that seems an awfully conventional (and predictably pedantic) choice of golf course theme, we’re convinced there’s stranger and more exciting out there. So we hit the links all [...]

Today is National Doctor’s Day, an important celebration of our healthcare industry and its professional practitioners. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get an appointment for today, so we’re celebrating in true LIsticles style. As we expect nothing but the best from our medical experts, we’re outing 6 Incompetent Doctors for Doctor’s Day.
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