Four Bare Sticks
Tomorrow is 11.11, the biggest shopping day in the world. It started in 1993 as a joke about being single, in a college dorm in Nanjing.
A Blank Canvas
Starbucks' holiday cups are back and Red Cup Day is next Tuesday. The cup has never carried a Christian symbol. In 2015 it was still accused of a war on Christmas.
Simultaneous Release
Xbox and Halo both turn 25 next Sunday. Halo was first shown to the world by Steve Jobs, as a Mac game. This summer it came out on PlayStation.
Looking for Credit
Monday is 37 years since the Berlin Wall opened. Its most famous freedom anthem was a 1978 song about a rich kid, and the man who sang it on the Wall wanted his photo in the museum.
Wiggle Your Toes
Sunday is World Radiography Day, 131 years since Röntgen found the X-ray. Within 25 years it was standing in shoe stores, so kids could watch their own toe bones wiggle.
