Mistakes with Snakes: Medicine, Commerce, Confusion

2–21–17, Adil

The Weirdest Borders in the World

Borders can get really, really strange. Today, I’ll share some obscure, odd, and crazy border…

The connection between Nike, Marathons, and Ancient Greece

When history and sport make a lovechild

The Wason Selection Task

As Adil certainly knows, the world of psychology features many iconic experiments. We know of Pavlov, the Stanford…

Arabic (ish?) Numerals

Where our digits come from

5–30–17, Adil (published 6–26–17)

You all know that our beloved digits 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 are referred to as “Arabic numerals.” While traveling through Morocco and seeing these very familiar…

Fun with Population Pyramids

I was scouring the web looking for fact ideas as we all are known to do, and I stumbled upon an interesting…

Vivien Thomas: Surgical Pioneer

A man who revolutionized surgery — with no education beyond high…

“Menacing, Mercurial, Droll and Diabolic” — Heath Ledger’s Joker