Life's Little Mysteries Culture Archives
What is the Difference between Race and Ethnicity?
May 09, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
The terms are related, but distinct.
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Which Members of Congress Have Tattoos?
May 09, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
There's a surprising amount of ink work on Capitol Hill, but it's concentrated on just a few bodies.
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How to Dry Your Hands with Just One Paper Towel
May 08, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
It's called the "shake and fold" method, and it'll save half a billion pounds of paper towel per year.
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How Much Does It Cost to Raise a Child?
May 01, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
If you want to have a kid, make sure you'll have a couple hundred thousand dollars of disposable income over the course of the next 17 years.
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How Did Mother's Day Start?
April 30, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries
Mother's Day is more than 100 years old, and has an unlikely origin.
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The 10 Most Successful Viral Videos Ever
April 25, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
In the history of YouTube, there has been one viral video after another. But these 10 take the cake, by spreading faster and farther than all the rest.
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Why We Are Drawn to Fire
April 23, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Modern humans' fascination with fire is a consequence of inadequate fire learning during childhood, an evolutionary anthropologist suggests.
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'Earliest Christian Artifact' Just Random Squiggles, Scholars Argue
April 20, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A recently discovered box whose discoverers are calling the earliest Christian artifact appears to be a case of finding meaning in random lines.
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Image Album: The Jonah Ossuary
April 20, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
The Jonah ossuary is being touted as the earliest Christian artifact, but scholars are extremely skeptical.
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Poll: Do You Believe in God?
April 18, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
This isn't simply a yes or no question.
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Why Do Brits and Americans Spell Words Differently?
April 17, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Blame a very opinionated man named Noah Webster.
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Video: How the Titanic Sank
April 10, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron has worked with animators to create a CGI animation showing exactly how the Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg.
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How Does Social Security Work?
April 10, 2012, Chad Brooks, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
How the Social Security program works and who is eligible?
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Jesus vs. Scientists: Who's Better at Miracles?
April 06, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
After 2,000 years, have scientists managed to replicate the miracles of Jesus Christ?
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Are Secretaries Making a Comeback?
April 06, 2012, David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily Staff Writer
'Administrative assistant' just doesn't have quite the same flair.
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How Peeps Evolved from an Easter Candy to a Cult Classic
April 06, 2012, Jeanette Mulvey, BusinessNewsDaily Managing Editor
You can eat them, melt them, play with them, sculpt them, age them, decorate them and name them. They're Peeps and they're not just for Easter, anymore.
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Jesus Christ the Man: Does the Physical Evidence Hold Up?
April 05, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
From burial shrouds to pieces of the cross, there are a lot of Christian relics in the world parading as evidence that Jesus Christ lived.
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Forget Modesty, Narcissists Best Suited for Job Interview Success
April 05, 2012, David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily Staff Writer
Would you want to work with a narcissist?
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Dogs in the Workplace Make Employees More Productive, Study Suggests
April 02, 2012, David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily Staff Writer
Do you mind having dogs in the workplace?
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Is Gen Y Really Lazy?
April 02, 2012, David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily Staff Writer
What is the main difference between Generation Y workers and their co-workers?
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Early Retirement Could Lead to Early Death, Study Finds
April 02, 2012, David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily Staff Writer
What would you give up to retire early?
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Too Much Homework Is Bad for Kids
March 30, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Australian researchers say that homework tends to hurt schoolchildren's test performance. Experts say the same holds true in the U.S.
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7 Things You Didn't Know About Pencils
March 30, 2012, Ned Smith, BusinessNewsDaily Senior Writer
There's a point to these pencil facts.
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The Best Media-Fueled April Fools' Day Pranks of All Time
March 30, 2012, Katharine Gammon, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
In true April Fools' Day nature, media outlets and companies have pulled some of the best pranks of all time.
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Was D.A.R.E. Effective?
March 27, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Most 20-somethings went through the D.A.R.E. drug resistance program in elementary school. Did we say no to drugs?
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