Unless you’re an etymologist, I doubt you spend your days thinking about the history and evolution of language. With bills to pay, errands to run, and work to get done we don’t all have the time to consider how and why our language has evolved over the centuries. However, some words are worth taking the...

Geographers define the Arctic Circle as everything at or above 66 degrees and 34 minutes north latitude -more simply, anything between the 66th and 67th parallels in the Northern Hemisphere. The Arctic Circle keeps strange hours, with the entire winter being more or less dark and other times of the year being sunny all the...

There’s nothing quite as fascinating as the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean. We have no idea what’s down there, for one, and the mythology and lore surrounding spots like the “ring of fire” in the Pacific are enough to pique anyone’s curiosity. The “ring of fire” is a vast loop of volcanoes, trenches, and...

You might have seen the movie Green Book a few years ago – with an amazing cast and more than a couple of Oscar nominations (including a win for Best Picture), there’s a good chance you know at least something about this topic by now. Like with everything that comes out of Hollywood, though, the facts...

Sometimes, when we’re talking about our problems with a group of friends or coworkers, we fall into the dangerous habit of comparing our pain. Not only that, we might even try to one-up one another with who is actually suffering the most. This is a silly exercise. Everyone is dealing with something, and everyone’s something...

Even the smartest people have to admit that, at one time or another, they’ve bought into a lie. Whether it was told to them on purpose, as a joke, or they went hook, line, and sinker for something more sinister, it honestly happens to all of us. If you don’t believe me, just check out...

It’s no secret that the internet, and specifically WebMD, is the scourge of healthcare professionals everywhere. People go to the doctor armed with their own diagnoses and freaking out, because the internet delights in delivering worst-case scenarios. Sometimes, though, those self-diagnoses turn out to be accurate – even when, as in these 18 scenarios, they’re...