This summer Kim Kardashian had a baby girl. As have a number of A-List celebrities, including Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Jessica Simpson. Not only was a ton of media space devoted to their pregnancies but also their bodies, their recovery and their post-pregnancy reveals. Jessica Simpson was treated much kinder by the press that Kim Kardashian, despite both having substantial weight gain. KMids practically gained no weight – with the Daily Mail triumphantly showing her wearing ‘regular” clothing even into the 5th month of her pregnancy. Continue reading “Not Rocket Science”
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The Eternal Sunshine of National Geographic
Nat Geo is not only my favorite magazine, and the place I’d love to work, but also occasionally the source of good news. In early August, Nat Geo’s website reported that a new study undertaken by the UN showed that the percentage of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Egypt, and other places in Africa, were dropping. Continue reading “The Eternal Sunshine of National Geographic”
Anagram Answer
A more condensed way to ask the anagram question of Tuesday maybe: What service person for one of America’s military forces is anagram for plural service people in another force?
Answer to the anagram puzzle: Marine -><-Airmen.
A recent study published in May showed that adults who were more apt to pick up statistical regularities, or patterns to the rest of us non-scientist people – were quicker to pick up a second language than those who did not grasp patterns as quickly. That’s not to say if an anagram or pattern spotting is a snap for you, it’s time to rush out and try to learn Turkish or Czech by Rosetta Stone and osmosis. Continue reading “Anagram Answer”
40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
This is wicked cool, and I’ve never tried the reblog function.
If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that.
Hopefully some of these maps will surprise you and you’ll learn something new. A few are important to know, some interpret and display data in a beautiful or creative way, and a few may even make you chuckle or shake your head.
If you enjoy this collection of maps, the Sifter highly recommends the r/MapPorn sub reddit. You should also check out ChartsBin.com. There were also fantastic posts on Business Insider and Bored Panda earlier this year that are worth checking out. Enjoy!
1. Where Google Street View is Available
Map by Google
2. Countries That Do Not Use the Metric System
Map via Wikimedia Commons
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Just one letter
Have you ever played crossword constructor, Jeopardy champ and Harvard brainiac Joon Pahk’s Guess My Word? One letter can change the outcome of the game, and stump you but good. You could be going from immunity – protection, or exemption from an obligation or penalty. Immunity, first used in the 15th century, is a Middle English word rooted in the Latin word for munia (services) and munus (services). Switch one letter around, and suddenly you’ve got impunity – exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action. Taken from Middle French or Latin, this word draws from impunitas (without punishment), rooted in poena, punishment. While both words employ the negative prefix, im-, their roots are quite different – service versus punishment. Continue reading “Just one letter”
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