It's time for another whimsical Tuesday Turnip search wherein I type a random phrase and we see what kind of interesting factoids "turn-up." Today I typed in "the number of blogs" unearthing the following stats from a few different sites. [Most of these numbers date back to April 2007]: There are 70 million weblogs on the web There are about 120,000 new weblogs created each day, or 1.4 new blogs every second There are 3000-7000 new splogs (fake, or spam blogs) created every day... READ ON

It's time for another whimsical Tuesday Turnip search wherein I type a random phrase and we see what kind of interesting factoids "turn-up." With the World Series quickly approaching and the Colorado Rockies already locked in representing the National League, I thought it would be interesting to unearth some factoids about Coors Field, since it's such an unusual place to play baseball (what with the thinner air and all). The following list comes from a whole bunch of different sites: [A... READ ON

It's time for another whimsical Tuesday Turnip search wherein I type a random phrase and we see what kind of interesting bits of information "turn-up." In the spirit of our cool Ex-Presidents Quiz from earlier this week, today I typed in "the only president ever to," unearthing the following (click on Presidents' names for link to Web sites): Reagan was the only president to be a head of a labor union (Screen Actors Guild), was the only president to be wounded and survive an assassination... READ ON

It's time for another whimsical Tuesday Turnip search wherein I type a random phrase and we see what kind of interesting factoids "turn-up." Today I typed in "the history of STDs" expecting to regale you with such golden nuggets of information as: before 1960 Syphilis and Gonorrhea were the only major STDs. Chlamydia was first recognized in 1976 and AIDS in 1981, blah, blah, blah. But I must forgo the ordinary to present two serious extraordinary finds that popped up, each deserving a little extra... READ ON