We explored the surprisingly complex world of the hickie in the February edition of The Bathroom Minutes magazine, but what of its close relative, the kiss? Here’s the etymology of every common phrase involving puckering up. French Kissing This phrase appeared in the English-speaking world in the...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why people keep groaning even after they die; learn the truth about “death erections”; and discover what it really means when people see...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why chimps can’t be taught to have a conversation with you; why parrots repeat everything you say; and why your dog really doesn’t...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, learn the long, strange journey taken by the world’s most famous sex manual, and why we’re completely wrong to think of it as a sex...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why we automatically assume a commenter who disagrees with us is hateful; why people think it’s okay to insult others online but not...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, we look at the effect your childhood had on your bad habits; why junk food scientists are deliberately tricking you into getting fat; and what...
Looking at Your Friends on Facebook Makes You Miserable If you sometimes feel like everyone on your Facebook page is having a better time than you, you’re not alone. A study at the University of Copenhagen warns that regularly scrolling through your feed can “negatively affect your...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out how far mind-reading technology has progressed; why we’ll all be able to read each others’ minds in the future; and why the idea...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out how much the average person really curses per day; why cursing can help you tolerate physical pain; and why people only recently became...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, find out why humans started making friends in the first place; discover some of the surprising health benefits of friendship; and why most so-called animal...
In modern Western society, having someone else shave your face is considered to be a luxury. But it wasn’t always this way: Many cultures throughout history valued their facial hair so much that having someone else forcibly chop it off was one of the worst punishments imaginable....
Welcome to our biweekly podcast, “I Learned A Thing In The Bathroom,” where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be looking at how music helped our early ancestors to survive; the relationship between music, food and...
