Entries from December 2007

December 31, 2007

Help F.B.I. Solve the Enduring Mystery!

December 31, 2007 – FBI News Release
D.B. COOPER REDUX
On a cold November night 36 years ago, in the driving wind and rain, somewhere between southern Washington state and just north of Portland, Oregon, a man calling himself Dan Cooper parachuted out of a plane he’d just hijacked clutching a bag filled with $200,000 in stolen [...]

December 7, 2007

Whopper turns 50, could easily pass for 45

Burger King’s signature sandwich, the Whopper, turns 50 this year, as illustrated by a timeline that points out how little it’s evolved in 50 years. Hell, some of those original Whoppers might still be in circulation today.
This is a happy occasion for Burger King, because a wax facsimile of its “flame-broiled piece of perfection” [...]