The Most Photographed Barn in America
We've all seen them, folks. The World's Largest Tomato, World's Longest String, World's Tiniest Car. They're tourist traps found along the side of any sleepy highway you can name. "The Most Photog...
Room Full O' Snakes
So there's this high school kid named Orest Mercator, and he's only got one wish in life: to sit in a room full of poisonous snakes longer than anyone else ever has. Heinrich Gladney is a pretty...
The Airborne Toxic Event
Hey, what's that weird cloud of smoke over there? The radio says it's a "feathery plume" (21.29). No, wait. Now they're saying it's a "black billowing cloud" (21.78). Scratch that. Now it's a full...
SIMUVAC (Short for "Simulated Evacuation")
The good folks at SIMUVAC do one thing, and they do it well: create fake or "simulated" evacuations. It's kind of like a fire drill for an entire town instead of one building. Someone rings the b...
Dylar
How much does the thought of dying scare you? If you answered "A lot. A ton. Make it go away!" then congrats, you're reading the right book. If you answered "Meh. Not a ton. I don't care," we won...