Salvador Dalí Used To Draw Christmas Cards For Hallmark
The history of Christmas cards has taken some strange turns over the years, but maybe none stranger than when Surrealist icon Salvador Dalí made Christmas cards for Hallmark.
An Email Mixup Led To A Very Strange Welsh Road Sign
This week in 2008, local officials in Swanzey tried to get English-to-Welsh translation for a road sign they wanted to put up. They got a Welsh sentence in response, but it wasn't what they thought.
Is your chimney ready?
I have to think at least a few passersby wondered why it looked like his campaign was so focused on chimneys and stoves.
Can AI Bring Extinct Languages Back To Life?
A project out of MIT is using artificial intelligence to scan lost languages and find rules and conventions that may help us figure out what all those words from years ago might mean.
Why Does A Water Tower In Kentucky Say “Florence Y’All”?
What's In A Name Week continues with the story of a water tower in northern Kentucky that was supposed to be an advertisement, but ended up becoming a local landmark.
A Rock Painter In New Hampshire Really Loves A Chicken Farmer
We explore one of the great mysteries of our time: why is there a rock in Newbury, New Hampshire, with the words "CHICKEN FARMER I STILL LOVE YOU" painted on it?
Made Sign For More Beer
The 93 year old with the “I Need More Beer” sign is the hero we need.
“Ghost Signs” Show What Buildings Used To Be
If you’ve ever driven past a building and seen a faded advertisement on the side of the brick, or spotted a neon sign for a restaurant where a real estate office now sits, those are ghost signs. A new book called The Ghost Signs of NYC tours these signs and advertisements and tells the stories of how they got where they are.
Thought The Sign Was Funny
Everybody thought the sign was funny, Donna
Frozen 2: Help Wanted
They're back. And they're... hiring