In case you missed a post or two this month, here’s a quick recap of what we covered during the month of March:
Questions We Asked –
How does quicksand work? – Spoiler alert: it is not as bad as you may think.
What is the deal with daylight savings time? – We’ll let the hilarious John Oliver answer this one.
Are you funnier than a computer? – With a few clicks of a mouse, you can construct a joke out of thin air. But will it be funny??
Are your initials deadly? – Males with a certain type of initials live 4.48 years longer.
What the heck is carbo-loading? – It’s more than an excuse to go to Oliver Garden and gorge on all-you-can-eat breadsticks for 2 hours.
People We Met –
Richard John Reliford – Listen to how he turned an engineering/marketing degree into acting career.
Things We Learned –
How to tell if you are a good liar – Best part is it only takes 5 seconds to learn.
A way to increase our luck – You are going to want to pay attention to this.
What to do when we feel like an underdog – You can’t change your talent, but you can change this.
Why we hate losing more than we like winning – It has to do with our ability to see the difference between a bad outcome & a bad decision.
Stuff We Couldn’t Believe –
People actually hated electric light at first – Women used umbrellas to shield themselves from the “rays of this mysterious sun.”
To promote Windows 7, Japanese Burger Kings created the Windows 7 Whopper – Makes my stomach hurt just thinking about it.
March Madness is more than just basketball – 5 things we can learn from the NCAA Tournament.
Great news for worriers – 85% of the stuff we worry about ends up having positive or neutral outcomes.
