The more you know

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When someone on Quora asked why women get their periods, the scientist laid it out all loud and clear. "An answer to this question is one of the most illuminating and disturbing stories in human evolutionary biology," she said, and oh boy, it is.

If you ever feel like you’ve seen it all, done it all, bought it all, then you clearly haven’t spent enough time on the internet. We might spend way more time online than your average Panda, but even we get surprised by some of the things we stumble across. To say that these make us do a double-take would be a disservice: there’s a third take and a fourth one, too.

"Huh, I didn't know that." —You, reading this post

"So. They know my mom's toothpaste. They know I was at my mom's. They know my Twitter. Now I get Twitter ads for mom's toothpaste."

If it’s not educational or amusing, it likely won’t hold our attention. Many of us still have an inner child whose eyes gleam brightly every time it spots something fun or interesting, whether it’s online or in real life. We’re driven by curiosity and there’s a deep inner desire to learn more about the world. Though it can get dimmer as we age, it never truly goes away. And one way to reignite our passion for learning is by snacking on cool, bite-sized facts about science, psychology, tech…

"It's called a garbage can, not a garbage cannot."

I wish I could forget reading about the Kentucky meat shower.

"Where do boys get off thinking they’re better than girls? Have you seen the difference in Powerpoint project quality?"

If you ever feel like you’ve seen it all, done it all, bought it all, then you clearly haven’t spent enough time on the internet.