The average high school student today has the same stress level as the average psychiatric patient did in the 1950s.
Men and women experience near equal levels of online…
Men and women experience near equal levels of online harassment, women are more likely to be upset by it.
Some Cuban cigar factories employed a “Lector” who would read newspapers….
Some Cuban cigar factories employed a “Lector” who would read newspapers, political treatises and classical literature aloud to help break the monotony of the cigar-rollers’ work, thus even illiterate cigar-rollers would be well-informed and familiar with great literature.
When Friends Debuted 20 Years Ago, People Magazine Gave It a D…
When Friends Debuted 20 Years Ago, People Magazine Gave It a D+ rating, and Time magazine called the cast “dysfunctional morons”.
Did you know there was actually a ‘Face-book’ in 1902?
Did you know there was actually a ‘Face-book’ in 1902? This newspaper article was originally published in a U.K. newspaper called the Western Times, describing a book in which ‘everyone who comes to stay has to draw a face in… however badly, and sign his name underneath’
Moscow street dogs display specialized behaviors that differentiate them…
Moscow street dogs display specialized behaviors that differentiate them from domesticated dogs and wolves: pack leaders tend to be the most intelligent rather than the strongest, and packs tend to deploy its cuter members first, as they are more successful in begging for food from people.
When a city in Indiana replaced all their signaled intersections….
When a city in Indiana replaced all their signaled intersections with roundabouts, construction costs dropped $125,000, gas savings reached 24k gallons/year per roundabout, injury accidents dropped 80%, and total accidents dropped 40%.
Due to the melting Arctic Ice, Polar and Grizzly Bears…
Due to the melting Arctic Ice, Polar and Grizzly Bears are mating. Their hybrid offspring are known as “pizzlies”.
Some radar detectors use radar detector detector detectors…
Some radar detectors use radar detector detector detectors to detect radar detector detectors to prevent detection.
The Senator responsible for a 40 hr workweek…
The Senator responsible for a 40 hr workweek originally wanted 30 hrs.