Are Your Kids Losing What They Learn over Long Summer Breaks?
Last year, The Economist proclaimed, “Long summer holidays are bad for children, especially the poor.” This was not the first time such a claim had been made about how kids lose much of what they’ve learned over the year during breaks from school. Lawmakers, too, are concerned. Each year, bills introduced at the state level...
15 People Share What Surprised Them the Most About Living with Their Significant Other
Moving in with a significant other is always eye-opening. New routines, new pet peeves, new EVERYTHING. In this AskReddit thread, people share what surprised them most about living with their partner. Share your thoughts in the comments below! 1. Storage issues “Methods of storage Me – however method to madness Her – organized Several conversations...
Apple Previews the New Music Sharing Feature for iOS 13 – Here’s How to Use It
Are you an Apple iPhone user? Then this is for you. Apple recently released information about new iOS 13, and it looks awesome. According to Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, “iOS 13 brings new capabilities to the apps you use every day, with rich updates to Photos and Maps, and privacy-protecting...
‘Run’ Is the Most Complex Word in the English Language with Over 600 Definitions
English is a notoriously tricky language to learn, with unnecessarily complicated tenses and pronunciations. Some words are almost laughably complicated, and the most complicated word of all may surprise you: “run.” Run, as a verb, has a record-breaking 645 definitions, making it the most complex word in the English language. Author Simon Winchester explained it...
Maps Are Terrible at Showing the World, but There’s Nothing to Be Done About It
Think way back to grade school social studies, or history, or geography – whichever class you took where there was a world map hanging on the wall. Do you remember looking at it and thinking, “Dang, Greenland is huge”? Or, “It doesn’t look so far to get from Texas down to South America”? Well, you’re...
6 of the Greatest Hoaxes of All Time
Aside from being a fun word to say, hoaxes – good hoaxes – are something that captures the imagination and the awe of everyone who comes into contact with the tale. These 6 definitely live up to the hype. #6. The (Well-Behaved) Monsters on the Moon In the early 19th century, newspapers would routinely make...
Boston Students Install New 3D Crosswalks Outside of Elementary School
Young students in Medford, Massachusetts, have come up with a brand new innovation for the area: 3D crosswalks. Not only do they look way cooler than regular ol’ 2D crosswalks, but they also make the intersection safer. The 3D crosswalk is at the intersection of a parking lot and Allston Street at Brooks Elementary School, and...
She lived for 99 years with organs in all the wrong places and never knew it
Rose Marie Bentley lived a rich, full, but relatively ordinary life, according to ABC News. She raised a family and volunteered during World War II, according to CNN. All the while, she never knew that she was a living medical rarity. Bentley’s unique medical condition was discovered after her death. She, like her husband who...
