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From Brave Pigeons to Sour Herrings: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1204 | Why we vote on Tuesdays Thank god: the 2016 US Presidential Election is finally here. Have you ever wondered
EDUCATION
From Frame Rate To Black Cat Hate: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Last week's Curios covered Teddy Roosevelt's link to football, the weird history of habeas corpus, and why people don't like to adopt black cats.
EDUCATION
From Rainmakers To Flavor Tasters: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1191 | Don't believe everything you learn in school Back in Curio #730, we debunked the myth that our tongue has
EDUCATION
From Gum Bans to Growth Mindsets: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Last week's Curios covered yawn duration, passing kidney stones at amusement parks, and Singapore's ban on chewing gum. PLUS
EDUCATION
From Pumpkin Spice to Pill Colors: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Last week's Curios covered the history of the PSL, why older siblings are smarter, and how pill color affects effectiveness.
EDUCATION
From Tug of War to Excel Errors: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Last week's Curios covered the Million Dollar Homepage, the origin of Auto-Tune, and an Excel mistake with international implications.
EDUCATION
From Space Dumping to Identical Twin Puppies: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Last week's Curios covered the hidden benefits of chewing gum, wheezing Amish, and the first set of identical twin puppies.
EDUCATION
From Vanishing Dots to Piggy Banks: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Last week's Curios covered illusions to trick your brain, boozy physics thought experiments, and piggy bank etymology.
EDUCATION
From Marmosets to Musical Taste: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Last week's Curios covered marmoset students, wasps in figs, and why your genes might be to blame for your ridiculous drunken behavior.
POLITICS
Which Presidential Candidates Do You Think Just Answered "20 Questions on Science"?
By Matthew Chapman, Contributor
Writer/director, 'The Ledge'; Author, Trials of the Monkey'; P...
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Jill Stein all answered promptly and in some detail, Gary Johnson, the Libertarian, did not.
EDUCATION
From Degenerate Art to the Mozart Effect: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1134 | Too pure water Can water be too pure? There is a longstanding scientific debate whether distilled water
EDUCATION
From Rosie the Riveter to Olympic Ties: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Every day of the year, Curious.com CEO Justin Kitch writes a quirky fact, known as the Daily Curio, intended to tickle the brains of lifelong learners everywhere. This is a weekly digest.
EDUCATION
From Japanese Mascots to the 2nd Amendment: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1121 | Airplane windows Window seat, anybody? Next time you are on a plane, look at one of the windows. You'll
BUSINESS
Physics of Marketing: Wormholes, Quantum Gravity, and Branding
By Ira Kalb, Contributor
President Kalb & Associates and Assistant Professor of Clinica...
After you communicate, it is important to measure how well your branding and communications are working so you can take the
EDUCATION
From Olympic Bodies To Circadian Rhythms: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1106 | Kindchenschema Why do we find some things cute, and not others? Biologists have been pondering this question
IMPACT
'There Are No Tests': The Stunning Lack of Medical Support for Breastfeeding Women
By Jennifer Grayson, Contributor
Environmental journalist and author of Unlatched: The Evolutio...
But Hartmann pointed out that there was no specific test that targeted the breasts -- the organs themselves -- to see if
EDUCATION
From Talking Birds to Ghost Cities: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1101 | Free income for all In Switzerland, there was almost such a thing as a free lunch. Well, not almost. But
EDUCATION
From Eye Contact To Water Bears: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1089 | Spreading the debate It's election season in the US, which means it is also debate season. The often content
COLLEGE
Charlotte Brown, Aiding in Development of New Cancer Treatments
By Diane Propsner, Contributor
Women’s College Alumna, Advocate, and Blogger
"Follow your passion. You will be working for most of your adult life, so love what you do! I love what I do because it is
EDUCATION
From Pokemon Lawsuits To Art For The Blind: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1088 | Pokemon Go-es to court Catch those Pokémon while you can! Since the Pokémon Go app was released last Wednesday
EDUCATION
From Ghost Cities To The Sixth Sense: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1077 | Happy Rebildfesten! Happy Fourth of July! The US won't be the only place where you can see fireworks, flags
EDUCATION
From Walrus Stampedes To Commuting Secrets: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1070 | The secret to enjoying your commute Commuting is awful, and I'm not just saying that from experience. In
EDUCATION
From the Ugliest Color to Significant Others: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Curio No. 1065 | Let's meet at dogs.cats.pasta If you're mailing a "thank you" card to a friend across town, it's easy to
EDUCATION
From Laugh Tracks to Bat Bombs: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
Do you ever need a good laugh? In the early days of TV, many shows were taped in front of a live audience. While the crowd made tapings more lively, the actors couldn't always predict when the audience would laugh... and when they wouldn't.
EDUCATION
From Heimlich to Wittgenstein: This Week's Curios
By Justin Kitch, Contributor
Co-founder of Homestead and Curious.com, author of The Daily C...
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TECH
Is The Future Of Business A Company Without Workers, Managers, Or A CEO?
By Don Tapscott, Contributor
Co-Author, with son Alex Tapscott, of Blockchain Revolution (M...
These days, it's hardly surprising to hear that a hot new startup has received gobs of money from eager investors. But a new company called the DAO (short for "decentralized autonomous organization") is not your average startup.
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