Did you know that dung beetles have an easy time getting around at night?

I was introduced to the poetry of Allen Ginsberg around the same time I was introduced to Snow Crash.

You know the tattoo I’m talking about.

When I was Young Andrew, New Year’s Eve was always special.

Here’s a simple question: who’s the intended audience of a dad joke?

Go to Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC, and you’ll see a wide variety of animals in habitats designed to mimic the natural homes of these majestic beasts.

Michael Bolton famously does not appreciate Michael Bolton.

It’s August 28th, 1997.

In 1962, Europe had beef with chicken.

You wake up and rub your eyes.

I’m listening to her words in real time.

Amazon (dot com) seemed to spring up from out of nowhere during the days of the early internet. If you’re only familiar with today’s multi-trillion dollar company, it might surprise you that the websi...

The term bank holiday seems quaint, and in its original sense, it really was.

The origin of the word science is well documented.

Things were looking dire for the US government in 1861.

It is both a blessing and a curse to have high-fidelity memory.

If you zoom out from today and take a scenic overview of humanity, Gutenberg’s printing press has to be one of the most important ideas ever brought to life.

You hear a lot of analogies about the human body.

Phrases containing dogs are common—a testament to how cool and important dogs are to us.

Ever play with dominoes as a kid?

All my life, I’ve understood the value of saving.

Cassius Clay was named after his father, who was himself named after a prominent abolitionist from the pre-Civil War period (the antebellum, if you want to get fancy).

Wait until it’s nighttime, and go look out there at the sky.

Let’s zoom into the word commodity for a moment.

Nothing to see here, folks!

It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

I’m listening to Revolver right now by the Beatles.

Last night as I was falling asleep, I was thinking of Sumer.

We have to start with the terminology on this one.

The philosophy that governed startups in the mid-2000s came to be called move fast, break things.

Superman and I go way back.

Oh, look!

Rigor mortis has set in!

In 1959, the Netherlands discovered enormous reserves of natural gas.

No Stairway?!?

There’s a whole family of euphemisms that mean go away and leave me alone.

You’ve probably heard of the prank where some unsuspecting sap goes to use a portable toilet, and then some sort of Fecal Loki pushes the toilet over while the person is using it.

500 years ago, calling someone egregious was a compliment.

Here in America, you can trade just about any financial instrument in the world.

Put the words after and thought together, and you get a really clean compound word.

We all know the tale of the three little pigs.

To a hammer, everything looks like something that could potentially be hit with a hammer.

During the late 1700s, ideas about human freedom were all the rage.

In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, you progress through belt ranks just like you do with other martial arts.

Get a load of this word, load.

It’s some time during the 2010s, and you’re scrolling.

I don’t know, it sort of sounded like something having to do with shepherding to me.

Brunch got really busy on Sundays.

Ever hear that focus is a muscle? This is a pretty weird way to put it since focusing is an action and certainly not a part of your body, but the idea makes intuitive sense.