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“The trouble ain’t there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.” – Mark Twain “His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” -Mae West “I never forget a face, but in your case, …

Roman Dodecahedrons Going back to the 3nd and 3rd centuries AD, these still puzzle archeologists. They range between 3cm to 10cm, and it’s in the shape of a pentagon, with large holes and knobs on each point. Found all over …

Charlie Chaplin Ludwig van Beethoven Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci Walt Disney Albert Einstein Elvis Presley Audrey Hepburn Freddie Mercury J.R.R. Tolkien John Lennon Abraham Lincoln Martin Luther King Jr. Marilyn Monroe Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Napoleon Bonaparte Isaac Newton …

It’s fine to get old, but it’s awful to feel old. If you’re on this site there’s a good chance you’re on your second or third decade, you’ve got another 60 or 70 years in you, and there’s absolutely no …

If you’re like me, you absolutely hate going to the doctor. Even the most sophisticated and advanced techniques really seem more like means of torture or punishment than ways to treat. The reality is, modern medicine is absolutely incredible, particularly …

Woman demonstrating a “fat rolling” machine that was supposed to help aid fat loss. Riiiiiiiight….. Barnum & Bailey “freak show” lineup. The results of a snowball fight on Stanford campus. A hippo-drawn carriage? If you cringed and looked away, don’t …

Do you ever wake up and just have a ‘feeling’ that something good or bad was going to happen that day? And did it? If it did, then I wouldn’t be surprised that you were capable of making predictions that …

Birch Bark Tar Gum It turns out that ‘gum’ existed over 5,000 years ago. However, it wasn’t chewed to freshen breath, or to blow bubbles, it was chewed in an attempt to treat and prevent mouth infections. The gum fossil …