Some Street Artists Are Radder Than You
Done entirely with spray paint.
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The Teen Years: 9 Cringe-Inducing Realizations
Unfortunately for everyone, teenagers are a train wreck.
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What Makes You You?
What is it that makes you you? Your body? Your brain? The info in your brain? Your soul? It turns out this is not an easy question.
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10 Types of Odd Friendships You’re Probably Part Of
When you’re young, you make friends kind of by accident. Then they stick.
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From 1,000,000 to Graham’s Number
Graham’s number is so big, we need a whole new set of tools to even discuss it.
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From 1 to 1,000,000
What do a million dots look like on your screen?
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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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Fully Disassembled Volkswagen Golf
6,843 parts in total.
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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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The Dark Secrets of the Bird World
What do you find when you look behind the curtain of the bird world?
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The Greatest Basketball Ending You’ve Never Seen
This is a mini-post by Wait But Why co-founder Andrew Finn, who occasionally emerges from his cave to write mini-posts on economics, sports, politics, business, and other things that really grind his gears. He is…
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Why You Should Use Lyft Instead of Uber
This is a mini-post by Wait But Why co-founder Andrew Finn, who occasionally emerges from his cave to write mini-posts on economics, sports, politics, business, and other things that really grind his gears. He is…
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Apple Pay is the first step in Apple’s financial services takeover
This is a mini-post by Wait But Why co-founder Andrew Finn, who occasionally emerges from his cave to write mini-posts on economics, sports, politics, business, and other things that really grind his gears. He is…
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Religion for the Nonreligious
Not a theist? Okay so what are you then?
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How Religion Got in the Way
Somehow, religion and atheism are both missing the point.
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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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29 Delicious Slow Motion GIFs
When a post takes longer than expected, there’s always slow motion GIFs to save the day.
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Odd Things in Odd Places – All 7 Travel Posts
I spent the summer in Russia, Japan, Nigeria, Iraq, and Greenland. Here’s everything I learned about everything.
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The Genie Question
If you had three wishes, what would you wish for?
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