Whenever he emerges from his impenetrable, underground stone tomb, a circa-1982 John Cougar, pop singer and small town boy who is also an immortal, shapeshifter who can transform into any animal he chooses, draws from his experience wandering the earth for thousands of millennia to help our readers solve their…

The NBA playoffs are heating up, and the only thing hotter than the on-court action are the high-profile celebrities and locally-based luminaries who show up in the front row at most every game. Here’s every team in the association, and their most famous supporter. Los Angeles Lakers: Jack Nicholson New…

George Washington: “Sweet wigs,” an 18th century confectionary invented for his inauguration ball — cotton candy fashioned into a hairpiece and served atop a bust John Adams: Tapas Thomas Jefferson: “Home cooking” if you know what I’m saying James Madison: Flag bake James Monroe: Flag cake John Quincy Adams: Tapas …

The Love FAQ is a little old place where we’ll answer all your questions. — How do I get to The Love Shack? From the Atlanta Highway, look for the faded sign that says “15 Miles to The Love Shack!” Follow the glitter on the highway for the next 15 miles until you reach a shack that’s set way back in the middle of a field. …

“Stoppe Thine Meandering, Ghoste, So That We Maye Buste Thee” (Traditional, 16th century) “The Busting of Ye Ghoste” (Traditional, 18th century) “Hark a Ghost, Let Us Bust It” (Traditional, 19th century) “Ghost Busting (Yeah Yeah Yeah)” The Beatles “Bustin’ (Ghosts)” Limp Bizkit “The Great Ghost Busting of 1913” The Decemberists …

Dear God: Hope you get this letter. I figure you’ll see it since I left it right next to the jar of pickled eggs in the fridge (the one you wrote “GOD’S EGGS” on, as if there’s a jar of mine from which you have to differentiate, or like I’m…

What the Hell Was That Sound? Dig For No Reason Who’s a Good Boy? Family’s Food Catch That Tail! Trolling for Tissues Tug of War With Sausage Links Bark at the Doorbell Can You Eat This? Lick That Floor Press Your Butt Figure Out Where the Invisible Fence Ends Cash Cab and the Prize is You Get to Go For a Ride in the Cash Cab Do You Know Somebody Who Wants This Bone? Get That Ball Jump Off the Couch Before the Human Comes In

American Embassy in Baghdad Bombed by Grandma Grandma Retaliates for Baghdad Embassy Bombing Legendary Rush Drummer Succumbs to Grandma Grandma Compromises Personal Data of 200,000 Customers Four Years After Vote, U.K. Fully Abandons European Grandma Alliance Raging Grandma Destroys More Than 44 Million Miles of Australian Wilderness, 6,000 Structures, Countless Animals Grandma Narrowly Avoids Impeachment, Rails Against Media

To think that scientists used to just throw away their leftover tungsten bits. Now, of course, they collect that scrap-and-waste tungsten and store it in beaker-shaped duffel bags. Then, on December 25th — yes, Enrico Fermi’s birthday — they gather in major science towns, climb to the roofs of research…