Typo Hunt Across America

The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL) is dedicated to a more perfectly spelling union.

This March through May, we, sworn members of TEAL, will be taking a road trip around the country to stamp out as many typos as we can find, in public signage and other venues where innocent eyes may be befouled by vile stains on the delicate fabric of our language. We do not blame, nor chastise, the authors of these typos. It is natural for mistakes to occur; everybody will slip now and again. But slowly the once-unassailable foundations of spelling are crumbling, and the time has come for the crisis to be addressed. We believe that only through working together with vigilance and a love of correctness can we achieve the beauty of a typo-free society.

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Here’s a little fixer-upper they did in Austin.

[Thanks, Warren!]

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Eight Questions About the Human Body That Kids Always Ask

Kids are curious about all sorts of concepts and never stop bothering us with their thought-provoking, and annoying questions. Here are eight of them about the human body, and how to answer them.

  1. Why does hair go grey?
  2. Why do your hands go wrinkly in the bath?
  3. Why do we blush?
  4. What is a funny bone?
  5. Why do men have nipples?
  6. Why is urine yellow?
  7. How fast is the fastest runner?
  8. Do your ears grow all your life?

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Interactive Vietnam Veterans Memorial

  • At full size, The Wall image on Footnote is about 460 feet wide (400,000 pixels wide by 12,500 pixels tall.
  • Browse by name, military branch, enlistment type or hometown.
  • 6,301 images were photographed by Peter Krogh
  • Darren Higgins used six computers to stitch 1,494 images into a single 5 gigapixel image of The Wall.
  • Leave a tribute, a story or photograph about any of the 58,256 veterans killed or missing in the Vietnam War.

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