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Magicians Know There’s A 50% Chance You’ll Pick One Of Four Cards
Everyone knows a magic trick or two — usually of the card variety. While you probably know the ins and outs of that specific illusion, professional magicians have to master an array of skills and talents do their job well. And it’s not just sleight of hand or misdirection — there’s a psychological component too,…
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24 Accidental Scientific Discoveries That Changed The World
Gentle-voiced paint yogi Bob Ross used to say “we don’t make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.” What’s true in six-minute landscape painting is also true in the science world, as the glorious nerds at Mental Floss explain.
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How Many Of These 79 Words Can You Actually Pronounce?
I make an arse out of myself at least twice a month from butchering the pronunciation of a word. It’s always embarrassing! There’s only two things you can do when you have no idea how to say something, either quietly whisper but quickly gloss over the word so no one hears you or say it…
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What M&M, A&W And Other Acronyms And Initialisms Really Mean
As small businesses grow into large corporations, their identities and branding grow, evolve and often end up being a mish-mash of various names. A similar thing is done for companies named after their founders, so the folks at Mental Floss did their homework and discovered what several popular acronyms actually stand for.