Top 10 Blogs to Learn Something New
The kids have gone back to school--now keep your own brain sharp with these fun blogs, which are packed with fun facts, weird tidbits, and other stuff you probably didn't know already. Posts range from serious to silly, but you'll definitely pick up some great cocktail party fodder here.
There are Chinatowns on every continent except Antarctica. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by being bounced. You share your birthday with approximately 18 million people worldwide.
Just a fact each day, illustrated...did you know Coca Cola kills insects?
Not the typical armchair (desktop) tourist? If you're looking for "miniature cities, glass flowers, books bound in human skin, gigantic flaming holes in the ground, phallological museums, bone churches, balancing pagodas, or homes built entirely out of paper," you'll find them catalogued at this collaborative digital atlas, which you can explore by region or category.
This blog reads scientific studies so that you don't have to--and then condenses them into intriguing posts like "Things you didn't know about sex" and "What does English sound like to foreigners?"
Mind Hacks explains the weird stuff that goes on inside your head. Don't be alarmed, but...Twilight novels may be altering your brain.
Visit this site regularly and you'll always know what the people in your office are talking about the next time they refer to, say, Sad Keanu--or more obscure stuff. Readers can submit their own memes and images, too.
Fun facts, each one illustrated--learn how to use i.e. and e.g. correctly, or explore the history of human height.
Sign up to learn something new each day by e-mail--or check the archives, where you'll find out that, for instance, the longest one-word sentence in the English language is "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." (Really.)
This gorgeous blog by "data journalist and information designer" David McCandless shows how "designed information can help us understand the world, cut through BS and reveal the hidden connections, patterns and stories underneath. Or, failing that, it can just look cool!"
You never know quite what to expect when you read this blog--posts cover everything from American Civil War reenactors in the UK to 10 strange pregnancy cravings. You can also test your oddball knowledge with daily quizzes.
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