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Christmas Tree Fire Leaves Sherman Oaks Home Engulfed in Flames on Night Family Was Celebrating Orthodox Christmas

Christmas Tree Fire Leaves Sherman Oaks Home Engulfed in Flames on Night Family Was Celebrating Orthodox Christmas

A family in Sherman Oaks lost their home last night, while they were gathered to celebrate orthodox Christmas. more ›

Happy Leap Day!

Happy Leap Day!

It's February 29th -- Happy Leap Day! While others are pondering mysteries like "what happens to a baby born on February 29th?" and "Does this have anything to do with last night's episode of 'Lost'?", we're going to take the opportunity to teach you a shiny new word! It's called intercalation, and it's what Julius Caesar did back in the day to fix the wacky Roman calendar system: inserting extra units of time (in our case, one day at the end of February) into the regular calendar to make up for that 1/4 day imbalance in our time measurement system. more ›

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