Random links
- Our Use Of Little Words Can, Uh, Reveal Hidden Interests
- At speed dating events: "'We can predict by analyzing their language, who will go on a date — who will match — at rates better than the people themselves,' he says." Also: "some of his most interesting work has to do with power dynamics. He says that by analyzing language you can easily tell who among two people has power in a relationship, and their relative social status. ... What you find is completely different from what most people would think. The person with the higher status uses the word 'I' less."
- Is reheated pasta less fattening?
- If they're correct the answer would seem to be "yes" ... which is rather unfortunate. I'll hope that this is another instance of a nutrition study that's later proved wrong.
- Did you Know that A man survived for 40 years without sleeping.
- "a Hungarian soldier named M. Paul Kern, who was wounded on the Eastern Front in 1915 by a Russian bullet to the frontal lobe, returned home from World War I unable to fall asleep. ... the man never saw a wink of sleep again."
- Cardboard Bank Robber Holds Off SWAT for Hours
- "what happened after the alarm went off around 8:40 p.m. is known. Authorities saw a figure inside the building, which had the blinds drawn. They used bullhorns and telephone calls to try to make contact. When a SWAT team finally entered more than an hour later, it turned out that the only "person" inside was a cardboard cutout figure."