Scientific History Filter / Native German Speaker Filter. What did Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard's 1985 exclamation, "Das war ja toll!" mean? [more inside]
posted by kisch mokusch on Feb 25, 2008 - 11 answers

Why do commercials for Disney World have a toll number? [more inside]
posted by aerotive on Jan 3, 2008 - 12 answers

We got stuck in the EZ pass toll booth without an EZ pass. Are we now fugitives from The Man? [more inside]
posted by media_itoku on Jan 2, 2008 - 10 answers

Besides the obvious collateral benefits to producers and consumers of news, what is the logic of using the time and resources of government officials during an emergency to calculate and report the death/injury toll of a natural or man-made disaster? Does this task aid rescue or recovery efforts in any way?
posted by Saucy Intruder on Oct 19, 2007 - 11 answers