People almost universally hate their banks. Stockbrokers — surprise! — often can’t be trusted. Wealth managers can be straight-up charlatans. It often feels like everyone is out to get your money, probably because most of them are. Which leads to the obvious question: Who can you trust with your money? Your...
The average person breathes through their nose around 20,000 times a day, but most of us know very little about what’s actually going on in there. Here are all the things that call your nostrils home. Nose Hairs According to this very questionable source, the average person...
There are competing theories about the origin of the term “cup of joe.” Some say “Joe” is slang for the common man; hence a cup of joe is the common man’s drink. Others claim the term was born in 1914 when Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover why history’s shortest war lasted slightly less than your lunch hour; find out how a war was started by angry sports fans; and learn...
Don’t have three hours a day to spend at the gym? Not interested in bulging like a bodybuilder? Unmoved by promises of “fat-blasting, ab-chiseling monster workouts”? This is the column for you, fellow regular human with very little free time. … The Man Josh, Los Angeles, CA...
There’s been a trend in recent years for “natural insemination” — men who advertise themselves online as sperm donors but who will actually have sex with the recipients, like this guy from the Netherlands. All the while, the more conventional method of seed exchange, sperm banking, is more popular...
Not ecstatic about your current sex life? Don’t have hours every day attempting to decipher all of the sanskrit in the Kama Sutra? Unable to afford a suitcase full of sex toys? Here’s a sex help guide for you, fellow regular human who wants to be better...
Potty Talk is a one-panel comic about the funny thoughts, observations and fears men have in the bathroom. This week’s is from illustrator Burton Durand. Check out his Instagram here.
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover which man paid $830 million to make a tomb for his wife; find out which stone lady dwarfs the Statue of Liberty; and learn...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover which mom burned the city of London to the ground (and why); find out which mom set a record for winning Nobel Prizes; and...
Yes, it’s annoying when someone asks you to take off your shoes before you’re allowed to step inside their home. But it’s also annoying (and painful and embarrassing) to contract some form of explosive diarrhea, which is something that can happen when germs from the street are...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover the insidious effect nicotine has on your memory; find out why you cough more after you quit smoking than you did before; and learn...
