Trying Something Different With the Schedule
When a system isn’t doing what it’s supposed to do, it’s time to change it.
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Category: Minis
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The Most Depressing Buzzfeed Article of All Time
A new low for everyone.
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It’s 2015, and You’re in the Future
It’s 2015, which means that if the Wonder Years were made today, it would take place between 1995 and 2000—and a bunch of other stressful facts.
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Where Wait But Why Gets Its Traffic
From our first day to now, here’s where Wait But Why’s traffic comes from. My answer to this week’s Dinner Table question.
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Introducing the Dinner Table
There’s no one we’d rather have dinner with than all WBW readers at the same time. But since that would be logistically difficult, we’ve created a virtual version called the Dinner Table.
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Why I Can’t Post On Time
If you’re gonna post later than you’re supposed to week after week, the least you can do is explain why.
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How the Panama Canal Works
Everyone knows about the Panama Canal, but most people don’t realize how it works.
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What Makes a Face Trustworthy?
Have you ever thought about whether you have a trustworthy face or not?
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Happy Birthday Wait But Why
It’s been an amazing first year at Wait But Why, and we have some things to say to a few people.
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If Andromeda Were Brighter, This is What You’d See
Andromeda is the closest galaxy to us and about 40% bigger than our Milky Way. If it were bright enough, this is how big it would be in our night sky.
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The Titanic Compared With a Modern Cruiseship
The white ship is the Allure of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world. The black ship is what the Titanic would look like next to the Allure.
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Stick Figure Puzzle
Wait But Why needs to downsize. Which stick figures will keep their jobs and which will be erased? A puzzle that will keep you busy for awhile.
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Energy for Dummies
An overview of the major types of energy in today’s world—what they are, how they’re used, and how big a role they play in things.
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Crazy Fact About Population Density
There are 7.1 billion people. New Zealand’s area is 103,738 square miles. Manhattan’s population density is 70,517 people per square mile. 7,100,000,000 people / 103,738 sq mi in New Zealand = a density of…
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200 People’s New Year’s Resolutions
200 Wait But Why readers and what they want to change about their lives.
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Putting All the World’s Water into a Big Cube
How big a cube would you need to fit all the Earth’s oceans? How about lakes and rivers? Let’s find out because this is the kind of nerdy shit I like to find out.
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A-List Stars In Tiny Roles
Kind of fun to watch huge movie stars when they were struggling nobodies.
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