This New Grocery Store Only Sells Expired Food
Out-of-date food is often still good to eat, and this man wants to sell it to you
Dance to Your Body’s Own Music
If you’ve ever been told to “march to the beat of your own drum” here’s your chance to do that as literally as possible
Do We Give Beautiful People a Break Or Judge Them More Harshly?
Beautiful people. We love them. We hate them. But do we treat them better or worse than non-beautiful people?
Fears Can Be Erased While We Sleep
Researchers think that this method could find some application in alleviating conditions such as PTSD, but those potential uses are speculative
Bagels And Lox Are a Uniquely American Creation
Lox didn’t originate in New York City. Nor did bagels. But putting them together, that is a distinctly New York Creation
France Bans Child Beauty Pageants, America Unlikely to Follow
But, even in America, the land of Honey Boo Boo, the question of whether these contests should be banned has been percolating for years
China Has More Self-Made, Female Billionaires Than Any Other Country
Although most women in China now hold jobs and account for about 20 percent of the country’s entrepreneurs, they are still largely subservient to men
Game Over: Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi Dies at 85
The man who oversaw Nintendo’s transformation into a video game company died today
Was Beethoven’s Metronome Wrong?
Mathematic and musical detectives have discovered that perhaps Beethoven’s tempo was so strange because his metronome was broken
How to Catch, Clean And Cook a Squirrel
Two cups of flour, a nice zinfandel, a pinch of sun-dried tomatoes, and 3 chopped squirrels
The AR-15 Seems To Be the Weapon of Chioce in Random Acts of Violence
Of the 67 mass shootings in the US over the past three decades, more than three-quarters of the 143 guns used were obtained legally
Russia’s “Forest Boy” Says He Spent 16 Years in the Siberian Wilderness
The mysterious man claims to have never attended school, received any vaccinations and to have met only a few people throughout his life
Meet the People who Make Your Globes
It turns out the process of making high end globes is both fascinating and beautiful
Watch This Woman Slowly Transform From Toddler to Elderly Woman
The idea behind Danielle, who is based on a real person, is “that something is happening but you can’t see it but you can feel it, like aging itself”
Hear Shakespeare As It Was Meant To Be Heard
Accents change with time, rendering some of Shakespeare’s rhymes obsolete
This Is Why Your Converse Sneakers Have Felt on the Bottom
Felt on your sneakers is there not for function, but for economics - shoes with fuzzy soles are taxed less when imported than those with rubber ones
Your Parents’ Music Will Be Stuck in Your Head Forever—And You’ll Like It
Deep down, new research finds, kids may be secretly enjoying themselves and creating fond attachments to oldies songs that still rock their parents out
Eight of the Ten Highest-Paying College Majors Include the Word “Engineering”
According to researchers, unless students come from a wealthy family, considering whether a college degree will pay off as an investment is a smart move
Ask 10,000 Men About “Forced Sex,” And Rape Statistics Start to Make Sense
When asked, one in four men admitted to committing sexual assault
A 1928 Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary May Be the First Official Record of “Meh”
The term “meh,” defined as “an expression of indifference or boredom,” entered the Collins English Dictionary in 2008
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