mental_floss magazine
SUBSCRIBE >
GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS >
DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS >
subscriber services >
The Sad Business of Door-to-Door Magazine Sales. The sob story they give you at the door is nothing compared to what really goes on!
*
Fish can communicate with sound. A researcher named Bass finds that our aquatic ancestors passed this skill to land animals, including humans.
*
Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Toys? A look at The Dark Knight’s real-world gadgets.
*
Godzilla makes Sierpinski cookies. Nom nom nom.
*
Take a look at how our world compares to other heavenly bodies. This should make you feel kind of small.
*
Al Gore issues a challenge: Can the US switch to totally renewable energy sources in ten years? Yes, if we want to badly enough.
*
Remember Beanie Babies? A whole generation grew up with toys they weren’t allowed to take the tags off of.
I actually did the magazine sales thing for a while when I was 17. Nobody checked my ID or anything. I was terrible at it. I finally escaped by stealing the hotel key, hitchhiking back to the hotel, getting my things, taking some money and hitting the road.
That way, they didn’t suspect anything ’til they came to pick me up from my territory. By the time they got back to the hotel it was too late.
Everything said about it in that article is true.
posted by Bassman on 7-21-2008 at 9:57 am