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15 Famous People Who Used to Teach
Students, we know you may not be all that ecstatic about seeing your teachers – and the homework they assign – as the school year starts up. Pay attention in class, though; you never know what hidden...
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Being Grumpy is Hazardous to Your Health
We’ve all heard about the Type A personality, but did you know that there are Type B,C, and D? T Goodman of InventorSpot explains the difference between the personality types, and why it’s bad to be...
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Hidden Scott Pilgrim Game in Fark
Interweb heavyweight Fark has a pretty neat Scott Pilgrim Easter Egg special feature that is accessible when you type in the secret Konami code on its homepage. For those of you who don’t know, it’s...
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Calculator Words
In my day, middle school math class was pretty boring, and led to some remarkable goofing off. (I’m sure math class isn’t like that today; surely no modern kid would waste time in school.) For me,...
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Paper Airplane Producers: Morning Types vs. Evening Types
The following article is reprinted from The Annals of Improbable Research. by David L. Dickinson, Dept. of Economics, Appalachian State University, and Todd McElroy, Dept. of Psychology, Appalachian...
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Why Aren’t There B Batteries?
Reader Donna wrote in wondering why there are AA, AAA, C and D batteries, but no B. Well, there used to be, but they’re not really needed anymore. Getty Images Around the time of World War I, American...
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Alpha Centauri Has a Planet
Image: ESO/L. Calcada/N.Risinger (skysurvey.org) Good news, everyone! Astronomers have discovered that Alpha Centauri, the closest known star system to our own Sun and subject to many science fiction...
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