A cognitive bias is essentially just a mistake in how you process information. It causes…
Browsing: Misc
Sometimes we are at a loss for where a top 10 list should go and that means we toss it here. Sure, some lists defy categorization, but Miscellaneous is a category, right?
Throughout the history of slavery, revolts have usually been brutality crushed in order to set…
April Fool’s Day has been observed in one form or another for hundreds of years.…
Birds do it, bees do it, and even kleptogenic salamanders do it. No, it’s not…
If you ever watch life hack videos on YouTube, you know that people are constantly…
You know you’re in for a treat when you hear a much older person start…
Plastic surgery has existed in one form or another for hundreds of years. Of course,…
Urban heat islands (UHI) are areas with significantly higher temperatures than the regions surrounding them. The…
America has often been described as a litigious country and there’s no shortage of examples…
Abraham Lincoln developed a reputation for being a politician with integrity, honor, and ethics, which…
In the past, we have traveled from country to country and explored some of the…
Most of us are aware of the work of Oskar Schindler thanks to the film…
When George Romero made Night of the Living Dead back in 1968, he set into…
In popular imagination, the 20th century was a time of technological progress and relative peace…
There’s an old saying that goes “use it or lose it” which essentially means if…
Science and warfare are intrinsically linked. Throughout history, many scientific innovations and discoveries have changed…
Deception serves a curious purpose in the history of mankind. You can lie to ruin…
Engineering is the practice of applying scientific and mathematical principles to real-life situations. While scientists…
There was a time when there was no greater calling than that of an explorer.…
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a…
Usually, when people die, there are various options for how to dispose of their remains…
For most of us in the Western world life follows a predictable path, at least…
By outward appearances, Howard Hughes lived a charmed life. Rich. Handsome. Successful. As the saying…
“We romanticize swords so much. Imagine everyone is swinging tire irons at each other.” –…