If there’s one thing humans can’t help but do, it’s pee in the ocean: According to a recent survey by Procter & Gamble (which makes a popular brand of toilet paper), 62 percent of people admit to it. The rest, we can only assume, are liars. While this...
Women often complain that a pricey downside of applying foundation is that much of it is wasted on a sponge. Beauty vlogger Laila Tahri recently found internet fame proposing a hack for this conundrum: wrapping the Beauty Blender — a small egg-shaped sponge — in a non-absorbent condom first and then...
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 jerk of a brain chemical that’s responsible for making you want both booze and junk food; find out what’s really making you throw...
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 our descendants might have to move to Pluto; find out exactly how long we have until the universe winds itself down; 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 what the heck armpit hair is for; find out why women don’t have hairy chests; and learn why manscaping has caused a recent rise...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, discover whether cockroaches would really survive a nuclear apocalypse; find out why you’ll never see a human-sized insect; and learn the horrifyingly large number of...
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...
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...
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...
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 most expensive planet in the universe; find out how a planet can get as hot as 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit; and learn which planet...
“Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about.” So says Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt in his groundbreaking 1986 essay “On Bullshit.” His insanely precise definition of BS has become legendary in philosophy departments the world over as a way to...
