Byline: by JANE SIMONThe Mirror (London, England)
Abstract Behavioral scientists routinely publish broad claims about human psychology and behavior in the world's top journals based on samples drawn entirely from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies. Researchers – often implicitly – assume that either there is lit...
We all collect something, but maybe not as interesting as Amatore Bolzoni’s collection of 2,077 different types of condoms. His collection started 4 decades ago, in the 1980s, and contains condoms produced all over the world. The oldest condom is from the 19th century and is made from s...
You might see people in horrifying masks dancing around. Chinese users seem to love virtual high fives. One person’s shtick is a puppet who makes like a caring psychotherapist and will sit with you for hours. A friend reports a man holding up a sign that said, “Assroll?”–and promptl...
This isn’t a person with superhuman strength who pushes a train along its tracks; rather, it’s a train station attendant that, during rush hour, has to shove people further into the (overly crowded) train so that the doors may close properly. Can you guess where in the world a job ...
bucket list. Cheese rolling, which likely dates back to the 15th century, is a competition unique to Gloucester, England. A round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled down a hill, and competitors roll down after it. The first person to cross the finish line at the bottom wins the cheese...
origins of the cheese race are unclear, but it is believed to have started several hundred years ago. On the day, the cheese is rolled from the hilltop and competitors start racing down the hill after it. The first person over the ...
All of the show's information is very interesting, but about 75% or more of it is already presented in a much better format and with higher quality video in different BBC Earth shows. This begs the question of why this show was ever approved. The primary reason the formatting is bad is...
This statue of a giant skull on the back of a naked man is called “Parable With Skull” and was created byJaroslaw Rona. Not sure what the symbolism is here. If you want to see “Parable With Skull” in person, the statue is located at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic. ...
which is based on an age-old practice by the Iñupiaq. Basically, someone stands in the middle of a blanket (traditionally a hide) and others grab an edge of the blanket before tossing the person high into the air. Sometimes, the soaring person chucks gifts to an assembled crowd while ...