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Smithson on the Moon

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Written by Steve Smithson Wednesday, 08 May 2002 07:31

Well, not quite. But a lunar crater is named after James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution. The crater, named in 1976, is located in the upper right quadrant of the moon's visible disc, at 2.5 degrees north and 53.5 degrees east. Crater Smithson joins two craters named after former Smithsonian secretaries, crater Abbot and crater Carmichael.
 

The Bureau of Missing Socks

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Written by Steve Smithson Wednesday, 24 April 2002 07:07

Formed by Major Joseph Smithson, The Bureau of Missing Socks is the first organization solely devoted to solving the question of what happens to missing single socks. It explores all aspects of the phenomena including the occult, conspiracy theories, and extraterrestrial.

The Bureau offers support for the matching sock deprived, and, catalog, research, index and document all extant material related to socks since the dawn of the shoe.

Is it really true that Major Joseph Smithson formed the Bureau on August 1st, 1861? Read the history of the Bureau of Missing Socks HERE