Doughnuts: In Sour Times, a Sweet Success Story [via Time] The number of donuts served in America increased by 6 percent this spring to approximately 1.8 billion, according to a market research firm. Dunkin’ Donuts attributes its success to a 2009 marketing shift back to the basics. “The franchise had been so focused on its [...]
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Morning Briefing: 5 October 2010
Posted in Morning Briefing, tagged Donuts, Iraq, Spain on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Morning Briefing: 23 September 2010
Posted in Morning Briefing, tagged Bodily Fluids, Bookstores, Iraq, Orhan Pamuk, Turkey on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
MI6 ‘used bodily fluids as invisible ink’ [via The Daily Telegraph] A new book by a Queen University, Belfast, professor reveals that World War I MI6 agents experimented successfully with using semen as an invisible ink for secretive information. The revelation came from the diary of a Secret Intelligence Service officer who was given the [...]
Morning Briefing: 21 September 2010
Posted in Morning Briefing, tagged Archaeology, Christine O'Donnell, Hypertrichosis, Iraq, Wicca on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bearded Lady Reunites With Long-Lost Son [via AOL News] 33-year-old Kansan Richard Lorenc began searching for his biological parents, he probably didn’t expect to find this. Lorenc discovered his mother is Vivian Wheeler, who suffers from a disease called hypertrichosis, or werewolf syndrome. Wheeler (and her mother) were both born with inch-and-a-half beards, and she [...]
