Outside barber shops there is a pole with spiralling red and white stripes, frequently with a brass or gold ball at one or both ends, and in many places it…
An envelope with a transparent panel showing the address printed on the letter inside is such an ordinary object that the question of why it exists does not usually arise.…
On almost every wristwatch the winding crown sits on the right-hand side of the case, at roughly the three o'clock position.
The usual assumption is that this is about the…
Around the edge of every car windscreen there is a solid black band, and along its inner edge a row of black dots that get smaller and further apart until…
The Count Is the Same Everywhere and Nobody Mentions It
Take a crown cap off a glass bottle, turn it over and count the points around the crimped edge. There…
The Thing Nobody Looks At
Turn a drinks can upside down. The base is not flat. It curves up into the can in a smooth dome, with a narrow ring…