Stories for REMORANDOM

  We have previously characterised Comic Sans [RR1:14] as the “The Most Hated Font in History”, and now it’s time to look at what might be the wor...

  The most interesting thing about the first ever Ferris wheel is that it was absolutely enormous. In 1893, the World’s Columbian Exposition, also...

  The yo-yo has a surprisingly long history, stretching back literally thousands of years and across multiple continents. Who knew? Some of the ea...

  Ama (海女, “sea women”) are Japanese divers, known for collecting pearls, abalone and other seafoods. Ama have been diving in Japan for 2,000 to 3...

  The ancient Roman banquet, known as a convivium, was more than just an elaborate meal. It was a social, cultural and political event that played...

  The Yippies (members of the so-called “Youth International Party”) were a radical, countercultural political movement that emerged in the United...