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Graffiti: So Cool It’s A Pillar of Hip Hop
Graffiti – the good kind, done with lots of style and skill – developed when some kids in NYC took up cans of spray paint and started to figure out h…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Short Stuff: Victorian Flower Language
What do you do when you want to tell someone you’re smitten with them but you live in a society so repressive decorum prevents you from even speaking…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
AM Radio: Solid Gold
The era of AM radio isn't over, but it's well past its heyday. Dive in today for a trip down memory lane.
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10 months, 3 weeks ago
Selects: How Personality Tests Work
For millennia, we have tried to put human personalities into neat types, an effort psychology took up early in its history in an effort to legitimize…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Pop Tarts: No Fruit Necessary
Pop Tarts are a legendary breakfast treat in the United States. They're fruit-filled toaster pastries with very little fruit. But who cares right? It…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Short Stuff: Third Man Syndrome
People who’ve found themselves in life-or-death situations with their endurance at its limit have reported sensing another presence with them, urging…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Eco-Disasters 101: The Salton Sea
In 1905, an engineering mistake created a brand new 400-square-mile sea (lake?) in the California desert. People made the most of it at first, but it…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Selects: How Conversion Therapy Doesn't Work
Conversion therapy is a misguided attempt by religious zealots to convert people from gay to straight. News flash - it doesn't work. Learn all about …
11 months ago
The Mystery of the Death Valley Germans
In 1996, a small group of German tourists disappeared in Death Valley National Park without a trace. Fifteen years later, the tenacity of one man sol…
11 months ago
Short Stuff: "Peace" Pipes
Did Native Americans really smoke peace pipes? Well yes and no. They smoked pipes for many reasons, sometimes to commemorate peace. But they never ca…
11 months ago