How to Pick Your Life Partner – Part 1
Given that the choice of life partner is by far the most important thing in life to get right, how is it possible that so many smart, otherwise-logical people end up getting it so wrong?
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Why Bugs Ruin Everything
Some might say I’m “overreacting” or “being a little bitch” when I say that bugs make life “basically not worth living,” but I’m not. Here’s why.
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Your Family: Past, Present, and Future
The past, present, and future of your family tree are all far more fascinating than you realize.
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The Great Perils of Social Interaction
No matter how diligently you try to follow the Social Rulebook, you’re gonna get into some of these massively awkward situations.
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What Disney Characters Would Look Like in Real Life
Artist Karen Graw has spent a lot of hours creating super-accurate depictions of the famous Disney characters we’re all obsessed with, and in turn put me in a bad mood by reminding me that I’m…
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Head-On Collision Between 1959 Car and 2009 Car
Amazing difference in outcome for the two drivers.
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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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Wait But Why Holiday Post
Did you even think to ask what all of the Wait But Why characters were doing for the holidays?
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Meet Your Ancestors (All of Them)
What happens if you take your father, your father’s father, your father’s father’s father, and just keep going?
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How to Name a Baby
Meet the Name Fad. In 30 years, the names Natalie, Chelsea, Samantha, and Lindsay will sound how Nancy, Cheryl, Susan, and Linda do today. And in 60 years, the names Ethan, Cody, Brandon, and Matthew will be Earl, Chester, Bernard, and Melvin.
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11 Awkward Things About Email
If someone you’re emailing with is making typos and you’re not, skipping capitals and you’re not, responding to your long, well-written emails with short responses… then you’re their bitch.
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Life is a Picture, But You Live in a Pixel
Jack sees his life as a rich picture depicting an epic story and assumes that the key to his happiness lies in the broad components of the image. And he’s completely wrong.
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4 Mind-Blowing Things About Stars
For every single grain of sand on Earth, there are 10,000 stars in the observable universe. Come on.
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How to Beat Procrastination
Part 2. Where does a procrastinator go wrong and how can he actually improve in a meaningful way?
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Why Procrastinators Procrastinate
The full story about why procrastinators routinely ruin their own lives.
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The Primate Awards
There are 423 species besides us in the primate order, each of them currently existing and doing something, and we can’t ignore them forever. Today, we bring them some rare attention by hosting the first annual Primate Awards.
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The Battle to Lose the Independent Vote
Why Wait But Why hates American politics.
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