This was always a fun read; I think that it was about 20 years ago that a falling out among the editors led to a split between IJR and the Annals of Improbable

This was always a fun read; I think that it was about 20 years ago that a falling out among the editors led to a split between IJR and the Annals of Improbable Research, now best known for their annual Ig Nobel prizes. I got the "best of IJR" book many years ago, and continue to tell people about one article in particular: "National Geographic: The Doomsday Machine." You can read it here: http://www.jir.com/geographic.html http://www.jir.com/geographic.html In short, so many people in the Northeastern US subscribe to National Geographic, and never throw it out, that the continent is in danger of tipping over.