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From Share of Unmarried Couples Living Together Stops Climbing:

Another possibility is that cohabitation has become so common and socially accepted that it’s following the same pattern as marriage — with Americans who lack economic resources or wish to avoid commitments shying away from cohabitation the same way they might stay away from marriage.

HT: Russell Moore

How much stronger are men than women? (In terms of maximum muscular strength)

"Until a few days ago, I did not realize that the difference between strength in men and women was quite so extreme, so qualitative. I came across this fact referenced in a review-theory paper about sexual selection: '...less than 10% overlap between the male and female distributions, with 99.9% of females falling below the male mean.'"

The Man With 6,000 Barbies Can’t Get A Date Because Women Feel Competitive With His Dolls

Sure... that's the reason.

Inside the Nazi Mind at the Nuremberg Trials

"To many this conclusion [that the Nazis were in some sense normal people] is troubling, for it suggests that if everyday, 'normal,' sane men and women are capable of evil, then the atrocities perpetrated during the Holocaust and other genocides could be repeated today and into the future. Yet, this is exactly the lesson we must learn from the war criminals at Nuremberg."

20 Amazing Honey Bee Facts!

"The average worker bee produces about 1/12th teaspoon of honey in her lifetime." Think how many bees there must be.

It's a bit harsher of a description than I was expecting when I originally came across the article The Dark Age Myth: An Atheist Reviews “God’s Philosophers”:

One of the occupational hazards of being an atheist and secular humanist who hangs around on discussion boards is to encounter a staggering level of historical illiteracy. I like to console myself that many of the people on such boards have come to their atheism via the study of science and so, even if they are quite learned in things like geology and biology, usually have a grasp of history stunted at about high school level. I generally do this because the alternative is to admit that the average person's grasp of history and how history is studied is so utterly feeble as to be totally depressing.

Of course - this guy being an example - not all atheists / agnostics are like that. The guy has a few criticisms of the book though, in his words, they're "really quibbles"

A Boy Named Humiliation: Some Wacky, Cruel, and Bizarre Puritan Names

Weird.

Confessions of a Car Salesman

An interesting but ridiculously long article about a guy going undercover at car dealerships to find out about the life of a salesman and tips to get a better deal.

South Korea Will Soon Be Home To An Invisible Skyscraper

Looks like they're projecting an image of the other side onto the side of the building. Kind of cool but at the same time sounds like a bit of a waste of energy.

When Hot, Drink Hot Things

This seemed commonplace when I was in Egypt. Seems that there may be science behind it. "but the amount that you increase your sweating by—if that can all evaporate—more than compensates for the the added heat to the body from the fluid."