LightGramsFebruary 26, 2026Volume 30, Number 8 “Don’t shoot the messenger” is a phrase that has been around for a while. One website said it can be traced to ancient China between the 3rd and 5th centuries, B.C. The meaning is simple: Don’t get upset at the person who reports bad news; they weren’t responsible for…
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LightGramsApril 3, 2025Volume 29, Number 12 Beginning August 1 of this year, possessing or making a ninja knife in England will be a crime leading to punishment by six months in prison, and that sentence will increase to 2 years in the near future. “Ronan’s Law” was recently passed in response to the murder of…
LightGrams December 12, 2019 Volume 23, Number 39 I’ll have to admit that I’m impressed with William Clark. Though I’ve never met him, this professor at New York’s Binghamton University set a new Guinness World Record by bending seven railroad spikes in a minute. The previous record of four spikes bent in a minute was…
LightGrams December 15, 2016 Volume 20, Number 40 If you owe money to John Bubar of Parsonfield, Maine, you might want to repay it as quickly as possible. His son learned that lesson the hard way earlier this week. But John learned an even more painful lesson. John’s son lives in a mobile home that…