This Business Is Becoming More Rare

Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask about Fosters Freeze 

With under 100 locations left, Fosters Freeze does not seem to be a brand on the rise. But that hasn’t stopped some of the dairy dessert chain’s most popular Southern California outlets from enduring, as noted by Offbeat L.A. The blog chronicles the rise (and slow decline) of the soft serve franchise, including their original locations and remaining iconic outlets, like the 1947 edition still found on South Glenoaks Avenue in Burbank.

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Here's An Obscure NFL Rule That Has Thankfully Evolved

The Bronko Nagurski Rule

Rule: Passes can be thrown from anywhere behind the line of scrimmage.

Source: In 1932, all passes were required to be thrown from at least 5 yardsbehind the line of scrimmage. In a playoff game, Nagurski faked a run into the line of scrimmage, took a step back and lobbed the ball to Red Grange as part of the Chicago Bears' 9-0 victory over the Portsmouth Spartans.

Reasoning: The Spartans complained that Nagurski was less than 5 yards behind the line, but no penalty was called. In the end, league officials loved the new dimension it provided. Football historians consider it the birth of the passing game as we know it.

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A Thought To Ponder

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A Tycoon's "Business" Meeting That Solves Nothing

What's Going Down at World's Top-Secret Bilderberg Meeting 

'Elite' conference in Germany will discuss pressing world topics behind closed doors 

The Bilderberg Meeting—what Quartz calls the "world's most elite conference this year"—is a hush-hush get-together held annually since 1954, gathering world leaders and top business execs, among others, to discuss some of the planet's most important issues. And "hush-hush" means just that: Per the group's own code, "there is no desired outcome, no minutes are taken, and no report is written."

(Newser.com)