The Math Behind Love-Matching
The founder of online dating site OKCupid explains how his site's love-matching algorithms work. … [Read More...]
How to Catch a Rabbit Using a Venomous Snake
Have you ever needed to catch a wild rabbit? Here's how: Step #1 - Find a deadly snake . . . (Via: 22 Words) … [Read More...]
Day Jail for Kids
What are schools for? Here's John Holt's theory: society demands of schools, among other things, that they be a place where, for many hours of the day, many days of the year, children or young people can be shut up and so got out of everyone else's way. Mom doesn't want them hanging around the house, the citizens do not want them out in the streets, and workers do not want them in the labor force. What then do we do with them? How do we get rid of them? We put them in schools. That is an … [Read More...]
How to Write a Love Letter and Salvage Valentine’s Day (A Guide for Men)
If you’ve waited until today to make plans you’ll find yourself at the Quik-E-Mart fighting other pathetic slobs for the last Whitman’s sampler or single-stem plucked-in-November rose. But I have an alternative to cheap candy and wilted flowers. It’s thoughtful. It’s romantic. And most importantly, it’s cheap. It’s the love letter. Follow these steps in writing your love letter and you just might be able to prevent your Valentine’s Day from becoming another massacre: Buy … [Read More...]
Where Are You Most Likely to Run Over a Deer?
In some states, a deer crossing sign serves as a warning. But if you live in South Dakota, Iowa, or Michigan, the signs serve as foreshadowing for your inevitable fate. Using its claims data and state licensed driver counts from the Federal Highway Administration, State Farm calculated the chances of a motorist striking a deer over the next 12 months. If you live in West Virginia you are pretty much guaranteed (1-40 chance a year) to have to pick a doe out of your car's fender sometime … [Read More...]
J.R.R. Tolkien Killed a Beatles Lord of the Rings Movie
Can you imagine a Lord of the Rings movie starring the Beatles and directed by Stanley Kubrick? No? Well, neither could J.R.R. Tolkien: Once upon a time, the Fab Four—having slain the pop charts—decided to set their sights on the Dark Lord Sauron by making a Lord of the Rings feature, starring themselves. One man dared stand in their way: J.R.R. Tolkien. According to Peter Jackson, who knows a little something about making Lord of the Rings movies, John Lennon was the Beatle most keen … [Read More...]
The Real ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Wasn’t in Texas, Didn’t Involve a Chainsaw, and Wasn’t a Massacre
Film critic J.C. Maçek III examines the urban legend behind The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the real story of it's inspiration, Ed Gein: Although Gein is sometimes referred to as a “serial killer”, he was only ever proven to have killed two people (his crimes were more of the “grave robbing” sort), there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Gein ever used a chainsaw in his crimes and there is no evidence whatsoever that Gein had ever set foot in the great state of Texas at any … [Read More...]
Second Graders Learn Grammar by Correcting the Tweets of Pro Football Players
Elmwood Franklin School's second grade students applied their lessons in proper sentence structure, noun and verb usage, spelling, and punctuation to correct the tweets of professional football players. Here's an example of their useful lesson: Getting tackled by a 200 lb linebacker is probably not as painful as having your grammar corrected by a second grader. (Via: Neatorama) … [Read More...]
This Hatchet-wielding Homeless Hitchhiker is a Hero
In what will likely go down as one of the most bizarre stories of 2013, a hatchet-wielding homeless hitchhiker saves the day by stopping an attack by a racist who thinks he's Jesus Christ. … [Read More...]
The Seven Best Super Bowl Commercials (That Aren’t Beer Ads)
Contrary to the trite assertion made every year by people who don't know how to appreciate football, it's not really true that the commercials are the best thing about the Super Bowl (at least not always). Sure, it seems that way because the television viewer is seeing commercials than actual game play (in an average game, the ratio of commercials to playing time is seven to one). The reality, however, is that most of the commercials aren't all that memorable. Only a few stand out every year … [Read More...]
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