Did You Know? A man named George Wilson was convicted in 1830 for robbing the U.S. mail and endangering the life of a postal carrier. Facing the sentence of death, a number of petitioners appealed on his behalf to President Andrew Jackson for a pardon, and it was soon granted…
Warranty Void If Removed
Did You Know? Many consumer devices and appliances come with stickers over joints and seams which state “warranty void if removed.” While these warnings against unauthorized tampering may seem threatening to many, most cannot actually be enforced under U.S. federal law. This emanates from the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which prohibits…
Russelling Feathers in Math
Did You Know? The book Principia Mathematica, written by Bertrand Russell and Alfred Whitehead, takes about 360 pages to prove the seemingly obvious statement that 1+1=2. While this pursuit may sound frivolous, the goal of Principia Mathematica was to formulate a number of mathematical concepts from a purely logical base, taking…
Hancock’s Hancock
Did You Know? If every signatory to the Declaration of Independence had signed their name as large as John Hancock’s, the document would have to be approximately 5.5 inches longer. In fact, only about 34 John Hancock-sized signatures could fit on the document, which is 22 short of the 56…