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A Book Benjamin Franklin Wrote About Getting Rich In 1758 Still Holds Up
My father once said to me “One of the interesting things about getting older is realizing that the clichés, prejudices, and popular wisdoms that we rejected as young, educated, independent thinkers...
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Here's Why We Pronounce 'Kansas' And 'Arkansas' Differently
Two state names, Arkansas and Kansas, share all but two letters in the exactly the same order. So why do we pronounce them differently?We can thank the French. Arkansas was named for the French plural...
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The US Was An Emerging Market In This 209-Year-Old Chart
It’s easy to forget that business and commerce have been around for a long time, in fact almost as long as civilization itself.William Playfair—who among other things, invented the bar chart—published...
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Everything You Think You Know About Thomas Edison Might Be Wrong
Thomas Edison did not try 10,000 times before inventing the light bulb, nor did he labor in a dusty workshop by himself.That's according to David Burkus, author of "The Myths of Creativity," who says...
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Why Russia Is So Anti-Gay
Nearly three-quarters of Russians believe that homosexually is morally unacceptable, more than disapprove of other hot-button issues such as extramarital affairs, gambling and abortion.The numbers come...
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A 6,000-Year-Old Crown On Display In New York Looks Like A Prop From 'Game Of...
UPPER EAST SIDE — The world’s oldest crown is coming to New York City’s poshest neighborhood, but this headpiece wouldn’t fit in with the tiaras at Tiffany’s.The crown — a blackened metal ring topped...
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A New Study That Suggests That An Earthquake Created The Shroud Of Turin Is...
The authenticity of the Shroud of Turin has been in question for centuries and scientific investigations over the last few decades have only seemed to muddle the debate. Is the revered cloth a miracle...
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The True Story Of How The Presidency Was Almost A Three-Person Committee
Whom do you put in charge of your country after you've overthrown a king?We now know the answer of course — just call the new leader "president" and make him accountable to two other branches of...
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A Ridiculous 94-Year-Old Law May Prevent New Jersey Drivers From Having Their...
The Jones Act has struck again.NorthJersey.com's John C. Ensslin reports an emergency shipment of road salt to relieve the state's depleted supplies are stuck in Maine because the vessel carrying them...
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How Four Big Economies Jockeyed For Position Over The Past 1,000 Years
The U.S. economy wasn't always the biggest in the world. And in a few years, it will most likely lose its position as the biggest economy in the world.Here's an interesting chart from Nomura's Alastair...
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Incredible Photos Show How Qatar Has Transformed Over 40 Years
The tiny Middle Eastern state of Qatar has come a long way since it gained independence in 1971.Qatar's capital, Doha, was a sleepy pearl fishing community until the '90s, when it began tapping into...
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These Incredible Works Of Art Were Saved By The Real-Life 'Monuments Men' Of...
The new George Clooney film "The Monuments Men" movie pales in comparison to the real art historians, architects, curators, and museum directors who saved Europe's finest art during World War II.These...
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See Inside Adobe's SF Office, Which Has A Basketball Court On The Roof
If you're looking for a cool place to work, few can top the biggest names in tech.Companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft have built massive campuses with their own cafeterias, gyms, game rooms, and...
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Composite Photos Show How Much London Has Transformed Over Two Centuries
A Reddit user called shystone combined Google Street Views of London with famous 18th and 19th century paintings to create highly unique then-and-now images (via My Modern Met and/r/London).Shystone...
View ArticleHow Our Hated Paper Money Has Evolved Over The Years
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> The dollar bill, with its many symbols and prominent portrait of George has had a rich history. Learn where our...
View ArticleThere Was One Big Problem With Sunday's 'Cosmos' Episode
Last night's "Cosmos" premiere was mostly well-received with the exception of one glaring issue: The history of Giordano Bruno.Giordano Bruno was portrayed in the show as the first man to think of the...
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The 17 Equations That Changed The Course Of History
Mathematics is all around us, and it has shaped our understanding of the world in countless ways.In 2013, mathematician and science author Ian Stewart published a book on 17 Equations That Changed The...
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This Picture Was The First Email Attachment Ever Sent
Almost exactly 22 years ago, researcher Nathaniel Borenstein sent his colleagues the world's first-ever email attachment: This adorable photo of his barbershop quartet, The Telephone Chords. The...
View ArticleHere's The Eureka Moment That Led To The Inflation Theory Making News Today
Today researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics announced the first data that shows the inflation theory of the Big Bang is correct.That theory dates back to 1978, and was first...
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9 Bizarre Jobs Our Ancestors Did That No Longer Exist
We could all be dinosaurs. The Economist predicts that robots are going to replace telemarketers, accountants, and retail workers, and Bill Gates says software bots will take even more jobs.This isn’t...
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