Today I Learned

Emo Philips, Opening for Weird Al Yankovic at the Apollo Theatre Today I learned the word “ paraprosdokian ”. According to Wikipedia, the...

WarGames, 1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXzNo0vR_dU I can only hear that question in the voice of the computer Joshua, from the...

“‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’” George Orwell,...

The Greek philosopher Diogenes is famous for carrying a lantern during the day, claiming he was “searching for an honest man”. Yet...

Recently, I was listening to an old episode of The Skeptics Guide to the Universe , (actually, episode 803, dated 28-Nov-2020 ), in which...

Everyone knows what a jerk is. And everyone knows someone who is a jerk. But why? Why are some people jerks? Or rather, why do we...

This might look like a standard cup game, but it’s actually a very interesting test. I won’t spoil it for you – give it a try. ...

People make mistakes. Lots of them. We’re very good at making them, but not so good at preventing them. It can be fun to go down the...

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet;” One of the most recognizable quotes in the...

Code talker ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker ) is a name given to military personnel who used a “little-known” language to...

For anyone not familiar with it, Mind Your Language ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Your_Language ) was a British sitcom running in...

After commenting ( https://www.til-technology.com/post/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu ) on how useful my prior familiarity with the C programming...