Have you ever wondered how in a crowded restaurant, a loud party, a sporting event or any other noisy crowd you can focus in on one voice and all the other voices and noises become muddled in the background? This human ability has been dubbed the Cocktail Party...

In 2005 Ozzy Osbourne conducted the below interview with Conan O'Brien. As you can tell from this short clip from the interview, Ozzy has a quite strong Cockney British accent. In the interview he's describing a break-in at his house: Also in 2005 Ozzy played at...

Eeny, meeny, miny, moCatch a tiger by the toeIf he hollers, let him goEeny meeny miny mo Eeny meeny miny mo - what does it mean? Where did it come from? Why would you want to catch a tiger by its toe? Is it racist? Origins Eeny Meeny is known as a "counting rhyme" or...

Females Do Tend to Have Neater Handwriting Studies confirm that females tend to have better handwriting than males. University of Warwick researchers note that "Girls are generally better handwriters than boys, both on measures of overall quality and of letter...

Researchers from Penn, USC and CUNY did a deep dive into SAT score data. Their research paper can be found here. They analyzed SAT scores and their correlations to: Family IncomeRaceHigh school gradesParental level of education The researchers found that a student's...

How likely is it that you'll be murdered? There are a lot of facts and circumstances that vary that may determine that, so broad averages may not be applicable. However, we can look at statistics for murder in the U.S. which can provide some facts and averages that...

How long is your daily commute? Is it tolerable? Studies on happiness have found that commuting is one of our least favorite activities and research has found that having a longer commute negatively affects our overall happiness. Marchetti's Constant In 1994, Italian...

Cars are amazing. The typical modern car is made of 30,000 parts coming from hundreds of suppliers. Here are a few selected facts about cars through their life cycle. Planning and Design It takes on average six years to go from concept to a car actually being sold to...

Astronomers and physicists know an amazing array of information about celestial bodies all throughout the universe. How stars are made and what they are made of. Whether distant planets are rocky or gas and whether they have atmospheres. Ever stop to think “how do...

A "filler word" is a sound, word, or phrase, usually meaningless, used as a pause or hesitation in speaking. Common filler words include: you knowkind ofumuherahlikerightwell We all use filler words and research has found that, on average, every 17th spoken word is a...

A few years ago I learned an acronym for a social skill from DBT Therapy that I've found has improved my interpersonal skills. It's call the "GIVE Skill." What is DBT? Dialectical Behavior Therapy ("DBT") was developed in the early 1990s to treat individuals with...