The Rubik’s Cube Was A Maddening Puzzle For Decades, But Not For Speedcubers

The Rubik's Cube first came to a toy fair in London 40 years ago today. I have never finished one, but the enthusiasts known as speedcubers can now solve an entire cube in seconds.

By |2024-12-16T11:02:22-05:00January 29, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

The Story Of How Frisbees Flew Into Millions Of People’s Hands – And Hearts

Today's the birthday of one of the great toys of our time: the Frisbee. Though if the man who put that toy into millions of hands had his way, it would’ve been called the Pluto Platter.

By |2024-12-02T09:57:54-05:00January 23, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Five Little-Known Facts About Jesus We Learned From Action Figures

Mark 9:23 does indeed say "all things are possible to him who believeth," but I'm pretty sure that doesn't mean we're intended to believeth in a savior with glowing hands or robot eyes who has an office in the East Wing of the White House.

By |2024-07-30T10:50:50-04:00July 30, 2009|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , |
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