LightGramsJanuary 30, 2025Volume 29, Number 5 In 1947 the world was introduced to “the Doomsday Clock”. It’s not an actual clock, but a vision of how close humanity is to “doomsday”. The end could come, according to the clock’s inventors (a group of atomic scientists), because of nuclear war, natural disasters, or pandemics. In 1947…
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LightGramsJanuary 23, 2025Volume 29, Number 4 A video was recently released by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). It wasn’t a video designed to entertain as much as to warn. In it they showcase some items that travelers tried to smuggle onboard a flight in 2024. Among the attempted contraband were exotic snakes hidden inside a…
LightGramsJanuary 16, 2025Volume 29, Number 3 Some residents of Ghent, Belgium are like many others around the world; they are more conscious of environmental stewardship and try to recycle whatever products they don’t consume. The city’s website recently posted another way to recycle: Take the needles from your discarded Christmas tree, soak and dry them…
LightGramsJanuary 9, 2025Volume 29, Number 2 Police in Saskatchewan, Canada are ready to help with emergencies that arise; that’s why they monitor the local 911 phone lines. But recently they posted a video to their Facebook page asking the public not to call with requests that aren’t truly emergencies. They gave 10 examples of calls…
LightGramsJanuary 2, 2025Volume 29, Number 1 Neil Skallan of the United Kingdom has set the record again. His first Guinness World Record was set in 2016; in 2017 he broke that record, and again in 2018. The record he holds is for owning the most Monopoly sets. It’s official; staff members of GWR came to…