Everyday Mishaps

The Great Clock Conspiracy: Are Your Hands Secretly Sabotaging Your Timepiece?

Or: How I Wasted 37 Hours Proving That 6 AM to 12 PM is the Most Dramatic Time of DayBy Professor Horatio Timepiece, PhD...

WHO THE FUCK MADE THE LIST OF BAD WORDS?

Let me get this straight: someone, somewhere, sat down at a mahogany desk, sipped a single malt scotch, and declared "Thou shalt not say...

The Great Self-Tickle Conspiracy: Why Your Brain Hates Fun

We’ve all done it.Don’t lie to me. You’re sitting there, reading this, and you know exactly what I’m talking about. You’re in the shower,...

Does the 5-Second Rule Actually Work?

A Scientific Investigation (That You'll Believe Because I Have a Fancy Lab Coat)Let me just start by saying: I dropped my $8 artisanal sourdough...

Where Does Dust Come From?

A Deeply Unnecessary Investigation Into the Filth Quietly Judging Your LifeYou know the scene. It’s a Tuesday afternoon. A single, heroic sunbeam slices through...

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