Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

In case you’re wondering, trying to unearth facts from the bowels of your memories of high school history class, the American Confederacy lasted a total of around 5 years, and ended in flaming, disastrous defeat. There are, in fact, many things that have lasted longer than 5 years, and these 12 people stand ready and...

Who doesn’t love a viral thread? No one! That goes double for ones that are kicked off by a truly thoughtful – and hilarious – question, like asking people to name things that have lasted longer than the American Confederacy. Name a thing that lasted longer than the Confederacy. pic.twitter.com/EHELSs3vI4 — Cooper (@Cooperstreaming) June 13,...

If there’s one thing most of us have in common, it’s that we’ve had to work for our money for most of our lives. My first job was at 16 years old, and I figure maybe sixty years later, I might be able to quit (if I want to). The other thing we all know...

Sports fans love stats. They love them, but here’s the thing: what one person finds interesting and obscure and mind-blowing, someone else will shrug off as whatever. No matter what sport is your favorite, though, there’s no arguing that these 17 stats are completely insane. 17. A long and storied career. There might never be another that...

Even as a sports fan, I sometimes check out when someone starts spouting stats. What’s interesting to one fan might not be so to another, and vice versa, right? What's your favorite random sports stat that blows your mind every time you see it? — Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) July 1, 2020 While that’s true, I...

For the most part, the adage “you get what you pay for” holds pretty true. You buy something cheap, it’s probably not going to last all that long, or maybe it won’t even be quite right from the moment it arrives. That doesn’t seem to always be the case when it comes to expensive restaurants,...

I love a good fancy meal as much as the next person, though as someone from the Midwest, I’m also thrilled to pull apart bbq ribs with my fingers or pay $3 for a giant corndog fried in a tent. I’m definitely someone who sees these 15 “plates” and thinks, “yikes. How much did that...

When the world devolves into a squirming mass of horrible, biting snakes, you’ve gotta take care of yourself and, when you can, find the brighter side of life. That’s what some people are doing with the newest required accessory – the face mask. Why wear something on your body that doesn’t make you feel good, right?...

Robert Pattinson might be a bit of a polarizing figure, as these things go. He’s odd, and he seems to revel in that fact, but most people can generally agree that he’s not bad at his job. That said, his casting as The Batman took a lot of people by surprise, and seeing him in the...

As someone who has studied a good amount of history, the transformation pirates have undergone in the past 400 years always stuns and amuses me. When they were common on the high seas, people feared them, and rightfully so – they were killers, men (and some women) who lived outside societies rules and niceties, who...

I’m not sure any of us really appreciated how nice it can be to be alone in our homes before we were forced to stay inside, only our immediate families or roommates for company, for months on end. The opposite problem has been a challenge for loneliness, but for those of us who live with...

Society is a weird thing. It evolved to keep human beings safe from things that go bump in the night, but since forever, one of those things has been a subset of human beings have been the evil we need to fear. There are some practices that remain common, but that some people don’t understand why the...

There are so many traditions that we follow without thinking too hard or too much about it, and I’ve gotta say…if we thought more about how a woman supposedly breaks into our house at night to steal our discarded teeth, I really don’t think we would be so excited for those couple of bucks. Or,...

I think we’re all clear on this point: red dye is bad for you, and even worse for your kids (and your sanity, if you’re a parent). We’re avoiding it, manufacturers are avoiding it, and life is generally better because of it. That’s the bad red dye, though, and there’s one that bakers and cooks,...

Thunderstorms can honestly be a bit scary for humans, too, depending on their ferocity, or maybe how expected – or unexpected – that clap of thunder may be. That said, there’s something terrible about that helpless feeling we get when our precious puppers are frightened and there’s nothing we can do to help. Most dogs...