Posts by Jenifer Sako

If there’s any way to get a point across faster, people are going to figure it out. If that means using a cliche instead of unique and descriptive words, then so be it. If the cliche needs shortening, so we don’t have to say as many words at all…then okay. But this cool thread found...

On rare, frightening occasions, an airplane passenger decides they want off the flight…while in midair. The bad news is the rest of the passengers can get quite a scare watching someone, who is usually drunk, have a breakdown and go for the exit door. The good news is it’s impossible to get the door open...

An MIT Professor was asked a question: Does the complex rosette found in the middle of a lute make a difference to the sound? Nicholas Makris, professor of mechanical and ocean engineering and amate*r musician, wasn’t sure. But he was going to find out. Makris teamed up with another MIT researcher, Yuming Liu, to study...

Most of us know by now we should have a few questions to ask when we interview for a job. Good questions give us valuable information about the company while letting the interviewer know we are engaged and interested in being an asset. But do you know which questions you should definitely not ask? Shark Tank...

Whether you’re packing for a trip or trying to come home, losing your passport is supremely stressful, and getting it replaced is neither convenient or easy. But there are steps you can take to get another one relatively quickly. Once you’ve turned your home or hotel room upside down only to determine your passport’s gone...

The holidays are a holly, jolly time of year—and also one of the most stressful. The season seems to start earlier every year, but it’s never enough time for decorating, cooking, baking, buying and peopling. So much peopling. But Lipton hears our cries for a little peace on earth and goodwill towards others. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4xfSeugo6B/?igshid=w7s1cz20qwxp The...

Your grandmother probably had box-loads of these beautiful, brightly colored and extremely fragile ornaments. You can also find them in antique and vintage stores, and, if you’re lucky, thrift stores. They’re called Shiny Brite, and the story behind them is rooted, surprisingly, in war. Shiny Brite originated with a German toymaker named Max Eckardt. Eckardt...

Deep in a zinc mine in New Jersey, you can find rocks that glow… Or at least, that fluoresce. You’ll also find a museum holding a fascinating collection of these special stones. When an overhead black light is turned on, the flat, dull-seeming rocks turn into glowing, fluorescent objects of orange, pink and green, streaked...

Sweet, refreshing slices of watermelon on hot, summer days are one of the best treats of the season. But it wasn’t always like that. In ancient times, no one wanted to eat a fruit that tasted as bad as those old, pale melons. So, how did we get from a fruit that was so unappealing...

If you are an 18th century French botany buff, you may know the name Joseph Dombey. But most of us aren’t 18th century French botany buffs, and that’s okay. I can bring you up to speed:  He was a scientist, dabbled in politics and died in 1794 after British privateers attacked his ship. A privateer...

A recent study by the University of Tasmania says over half a million hermit crabs have been killed because they confused plastic for shells. The research team involved in the study, published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, estimated approximately 508,000 crabs died in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean, with another 61,000 on Henderson...

Tom Hanks (The Nicest Man in Hollywood) teamed up with Twitter Movies to produce the sweetest Tweet-based film of probably all time. For the short, Hanks looks through Twitter finding the nicest tweets and then reads them for us in his oh-so-soothing voice. The video was released right before Thanksgiving, and it is filled with...

Did you know a group of sea turtles is called a bale (like, herd is to cattle as bale is to sea turtles)? Now you do. The olive ridley turtles, named for the color of their shells, are one of the smallest species of sea turtles. They live in the tropical areas of the Pacific,...

If you’re a medieval history buff and like watching TV shows based on the times (and who doesn’t?), you’re probably used to seeing the spiral stone stairs leading up through the castle to distressed damsels, hidden jewels, the king’s chambers and the like. These stairs are awesome settings for all the sword fights and other...

We’ve come a long way in the past decade. It’s hard to keep up with all the technology flying at us. Heck, I’m still trying to figure out the appeal of Twitter. So, in the spirit of laughing at our ignorant past selves, scroll through these 10 jokes that would have made no sense at...