You could be forgiven if you assumed the Vatican — headquarters of Roman Catholicism — was a district of Rome. After all, the religion even has the city’s name in its title. But you would be mistaken! Although it’s located entirely within Rome, the home of the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica is actually […]

2020 was arguably the worst year for humanity since World War II, and even now the pandemic persists. As of late April 2021, over 3.1 million people have died of Covid-19. In America —  the country with the world’s biggest economy —  580,000 have perished, nearly 20% of the global death toll.  While the pandemic […]

Getting sick and tired of Covid-19? While it is still important to mask up and practice social distancing, the distribution of vaccines offers hope that even if the world has changed forever, there will be a return to at least some sense of normalcy in the near future. In the meantime, since we’re on the […]

Volcanoes, a.k.a murder mountains of death. They’re all over the place, like zits on a teenager’s face. Some are dormant and will never cause trouble. Others erupt on a regular basis but result in nothing more than a bit of smoke. However, from time to time, our civilization encounters an eruption so powerful that it […]

Quick — what day is Shape Appreciation Day? If you guessed October 22nd, you would be dead wrong. The reality of the situation is that it was a trick question. There is no Shape Appreciation Day. But wouldn’t it be weird if there were? Frankly, isn’t it equally weird that there isn’t? Everything has a […]