Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be finding out why nuclear weapons are our best hope to stop a giant asteroid wiping us all out, and discovering what...
In case you’re just checking in for the first time this week, we’ve rounded up our picks of the best stories from the last few days for you to peruse. We know, we know, we’re amazing. Ouch: 5% of Men Still Spray Cologne “Downstairs” (Survey) We spoke...
Every Saturday, we round up the funniest comments you left for us on our articles. This week, we accidentally discovered a way to very politely ruin your childhood fantasies: Meanwhile, our explanation of what happens after a swift kick in the pants left many of you wincing, if only...
We’ve certainly had some questions about taming our eyebrows over the years, but it turns out, there are worse things than a quick trim that turns you into a Jersey Shore regular. Don’t believe us? At the beginning of the 18th century, people used to replace their...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be finding out why people aren’t able to live forever, why lobsters help us understand immortality, and why there may sort of...
We humans think we’re kings of the facial hair world, but one look at these handsome beasts proves otherwise. Style: The overgrown goatee. As modeled by: The lumbering Bornean Orangutan. A human with this facial hair is most likely: Working security outside of a strip club. Style: The...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcasts, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be looking at nature’s most unpleasant zombifications, from brain-exploding fungus to a barnacle that will make you afraid to go back in...
In case you’re just checking in for the first time this week, we’ve rounded up our picks of the best stories from the last few days for you to peruse. We know, we know, we’re amazing. Podcast: Dinosaur Fights! Ever wondered if a T-Rex and a Triceratops...
Every Saturday, we round up the funniest comments you left for us on our articles. This week, our debate on whether to sit or stand when peeing at night caused a lot of conversation, and one of the greatest analogies we’ve ever seen. Meanwhile, one reader brought up a...
Bagpipes Can Kill You Bagpipes have consistently proved themselves to be less a musical instrument than a novelty torture device, and now, to add to their legacy of evil, they have been found to be lethal. A 61-year-old piper from, of course, Scotland, recently died from what...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be examining how people might actually be able to make sweet love in the cold depths of space. Does floating help or...
As recently as the late 1990s, the idea that someone would ever take a nap in their office was outlandish enough to become a story arc on Seinfeld. But these days, more and more people are making the case for a quick siesta at work. The benefits...
