Swiping the Candy
The mega-popular Candy Crush Saga borrowed heavily from a game which was released two years prior, CandySwipe. Citing potential customer confusing, Random, the maker of CandySwipe opposed the trademark King filed for Candy Crush. King's response? Buy a completely unrelated game that pre-dated CandySwipe and used the word candy and petition the court to have Ransom's trademark for CandySwipe cancelled.
Ransom is run by a single person who can't afford to fight King. Here is the founder's open letter to King.
The Star Wars Club
What would you get if you crossed classic 80s teen movies with Star Wars? Star Wars 80s High School, of course.
We all know how The Empire Strikes Back should have ended, right?
Back when the Olympics Were Fun
The 1932 Winter Olympics were the third Winter Olympic Games ever held. Looking at footage from them, it appears they were both more dangerous and more fun than the current games.
How have Olympians changed from 1924-now
The Science of Sleep
Why do we sleep? Science gives us few answers on this matter. The truth is, we just don't know. But we do know a lot about what happens when we are asleep and how this affects us.
No, really, why do we sleep?? There are a few theories.
The modern idea of sleeping all night for 8 hours is just that, a modern idea. Your ancestors slept in two separate periods within a 12 hour range.
We Have the Technology
A doctor in California claims he can change brown eyes to blue.
If his technique works as advertised, how long before everyone in South Korea has blue eyes? Plastic surgery is quite popular there.
I don't want surgery for blue eyes or a new face, but this...?
