The USA gives the most money to charity, but Holland and Sweden give the most time and mon...

We were speculating about the content of pen ink tonight at dinner. It was surprisingly difficult to find this information and I finally found it in a patent application. Anyway, ball-point pen ink contains:waterwetting agent (surfactant like sodium...

If you ever wondered “where are people in Europe with blue eyes most concentrated?” this map is for you.Between 1900 and 1950, only about 10% of Americans were nonwhite. Today 33% are nonwhite, and the United States is about 15% blue-eyed.In the...

Interesting to note that one could completely eliminate income taxes for the bottom half of the population, and the gov't would hardly notice. They pay only 3%.---------------------------------------------------Top 1% ---- $388,806 ---- 39.89 %Top...

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tipple 1  (ˈtɪp ə l)  — vb1.to make a habit of taking an alcoholic drink, especially in small quantiti...

Young children cannot identify the intimate couple in this image because they do not have prior memory associated with such a scenario. They will see nine dolphins in the picture. It took me about 30 seconds to find the dolphins. I must be horrifically...

In response to Steven Landsburg's article, Here is a simple island situation that will make this problem clear. Imagine everyone fishes to eat each day, and that Mr. Kendrick invents a net and a boat and begins accumulating fish in his hut. He saves...

Here, Steven Landsburg writes in praise of misers.  Steve is correct to praise misers for creating wealth; this they do well. He is incorrect to praise them for hoarding and avoiding the active use of that wealth. People make the world...

As common as lightning is, it still sparks considerable confusion among scientists. The basics are understood, but no one knows how lightning makes x-rays.Lighting moves in "steps," and after each step x-rays are released. No one knows why or how...

Steve Landsburg makes a classic fundamental error in understanding modern currency. He believes that it is literally impossible to tax a man who holds $84 million in his bank account but has no plans to spend the money. Landsburg correctly states...

The average person in Ireland, Hungary, Moldova, and Luxembourg drink over 1.5 bottles of liquor per month(about 30 beers). That's per capita -- per man, woman, child, infant, and technically-alive-vegetable-in-a-hospital.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Alcohol_consumption_per_capita_world_map.PNGWith...

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The World Health Organization released a statement in 2004 regarding health risks associated with demineralized water. This statement was in response to the growing number of people drinking desalinated water from oceans around the world. There...

Volunteers tasted and rated five wines, each individually priced, although in fact there were only three different wines, and two were tasted twice: once labeled at $90 a bottle, and once at $10 a bottle. The results were very clear: the wine tasted...

"Boosting the immune system" is a virtually meaningless claim, especially regarding vitamin C, echinacea, or Airborne. The immune system is a balanced system. Too little immunity, and disease or cancer can develop. Too much activity of the immune...

In the United States about ¼ of vegetables consumed are prepared as French fr...

Luke Kim: "I shop at Wal-Mart regularly. On a recent trip, I purchased 45 items. The maddening part of the trip was watching my inept cashier bag the items in 28 bags! I purchased mostly standard grocery items, which should fit 4-8 per bag, not...

Reagan won a record 525 electoral votes, the most of any candid...

We ingest small amounts of cyanide every day. Our body is designed to detoxify cyanide in the small doses we encounter. Fruits, such as those from the rose or prunus family (cherries, apples, plums, almonds, peaches, apricots, raspberries and crabapples),...

You wrote "Sexy Sadie" about the Maharishi?"That's about the Maharishi, yes. I copped out and I wouldn't write "Maharishi what have you done, you made a fool of everyone," but now it can be told, Fab Listeners."When did you realize he was making...

The largest ever study of whether cannabis causes lung cancer reported its findings recently, to total UK media silence. Lifelong cannabis users, who had smoked more than 22,000 joints, showed no greater risk of cancer than people who had never...

Tory was buried in sand to test this myth. He was buried in dry sand up to his neck to see if the weight of sand would cause him to pass out, and if not, whether he could escape on his own. Within five minutes, Tory was able to free one of his arms....

Global Internet audience (age 15 and older from home and work computers) has surpassed 1 billion visitors in December 2008.http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2...

Elemental mercury, a liquid at room temperature, is essentially nontoxic when ingested because virtually none (less than 0.1%) is absorbed.Anatomic gastrointestinal abnormalities such as enteric fistulas or intestinal perforation can sequester sufficient...

Mouthwash has been blamed for oral cancer, aluminum saucepans and deodorants have been associated with dementia, keeping pet cats with multiple sclerosis, alcohol with cancers of the breast and esophagus, coffee with cancer of the pancreas, sun...

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Mercury is in everything we eat. It's not possible to live on the planet without ingesting it. Here are detected levels of mercury (all harmless) found in foods tested in Ottawa, Canada:eggs 1.50lamb 2.30cottage cheese 0.97cheddar cheese 1.02beef...

I was researching borax today, and discovered that it is commonly used in Asian food preparation, but banned as a food additive by the FDA. It is not acutely toxic but ingestion causes most of the same symptoms associated with MSG --Nausea, persistent...

There are two basic ways to make soy sauce. One is the traditional method in which soy beans are fermented to break apart the protein using yeast or mold. The cheaper way involves boiling some type of protein in a strong acid like sodium hydroxide...