Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

If there’s anything better than a funny meme on the internet it’s a funny history meme – and if there’s anything better than that, it’s a history meme that might actually teach you something. History is the best, and it’s so vast that there’s no way for anyone to know everything – so I really hope these memes...

Even history buffs wish they knew more about history – there is always more to learn, and there are so many topics that are just never brought up. If you’re always up for learning something new and you also like to laugh, history memes are the way to go – and we think these 10...

Memes are good for many things – a laugh, bringing us together, highlighting a moment in time – but we don’t often think about their ability to teach us something. That said, in this day and age of bite-sized everything, it’s not surprising to find our knowledge coming out in the same way – and...

I know, I know – there are so many things to remember to do all day, every day, especially when it comes to technology that seems to constantly be evolving. If you’re concerned about usability and security and the functionality of your bluetooth-enabled devices, though, there’s one more thing to make sure you do every...

Theories about human consciousness are just about as old as recorded human history. Since we have been capable of higher thought, human beings have wondered what it is that sets us apart from our fellow animals – is there something more to us than muscle and bone and electricity, and if so, where does it...

Throughout history, many cultures had a distrust or an outright dislike of witches and witchcraft, but the Puritan age of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries really took things a few steps further. Fueled by a cruel mixture of misogyny and religion, society in the late 15th century was out to accuse and try and...

It’s true that knowledge is power, I think. I enjoy knowing a little about a lot of things (and a lot about a few things), if for no other reason than being really good at Trivial Pursuit. That said, I think most adults have learned something at least once in their life that they wished they...

There are examples all throughout history of people who guessed, knew, or figured something out a long time before the rest of us, and in general, they’re usually written off as huge kooks. Most of us have trouble believing in what we can’t see, and it turns out that we’re also a bit mean to...

Lies are funny things. We all tell them, we all hear them, and while some people are better at picking them out than others, I think we all like to believe that we know when we’re being hoodwinked. But while sometimes it can be tough to know for sure, these 16 lies were way too...

Everyone tells lies sometimes, but most of us live in enough fear of being caught in those lies that we do our best to make sure they’re too believable to question. That way, even though there’s still a chance we could get busted, it’s at least unlikely. These 15 people did not care, I guess, whether...

People generally think that “being able to tell when someone is lying” is a super skill, or an amazing talent. In truth, I think that most people have an innate radar that goes off when someone isn’t telling the truth, though some folks are more innately trusting than others. When it came to these 14...

When we’re young, most people dream about their futures and figure they’ll do something big, something important, leave their mark and make a bunch of money while they’re doing it. As we move into adulthood, though, we find that’s only going to be true for a small number of people – the rest of us...

Unless you live with an affliction all day, every day, for all or most of your life, you can never really understand what it’s like – but with something like autism, which affects so many individuals and families in such a wide range of ways, it’s important we all do our best to educate ourselves....

We all know that, until you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, you can never know what their life is like. Which is all well and good, but when it comes to a medical diagnosis, that can be tough to really do. It’s important that we try our best to understand what others lives...

There are up and downsides to everything and everyone, and the longer I live, the more I suspect the adage that “the grass is always greener” is almost always true. People want to be rich, but rich people have their own troubles. Likewise, intelligent people have their own crosses to bear. Here are 15 things...