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Everything is not gonna be okay.
We tell each other this all the time. In hospital corridors, in late-night texts, in group chats when someone is falling apart. Don’t worry. Everything is gonna…
Dr. Shalu ChopraRead article
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A Monkey Bite Killed the King of Greece
King Alexander of Greece went for a walk with his dog on October 2, 1920. Twenty-three days later, he was dead. The chain of events involved two monkeys,…
Shaniya NazRead article
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15 Surprising Facts That Sound Completely Made Up
Surprising facts are much better when your first reaction is not “interesting.” It should be: “There is absolutely no way that is true.” So this is not another list…
Shaniya NazRead article
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15 Geography Facts That Sound Completely Made Up
Geography facts are usually the kind of thing you memorise for a school test and forget three days later. These are not those facts. There is a country…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Brutal Honesty Is Not a Personality Trait
Brutal honesty has a very good publicist. Most of us have met someone who proudly says, “I just tell people the truth.” They say it as if honesty…
Shaniya NazRead article
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The Problem With Always Being Nice
People pleasing rarely looks like fear from the outside. It looks polite. Someone asks where you want to eat and you say anywhere is fine. A colleague gives…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Some People Aren’t Bad at Texting. They Just Don’t Want to Talk to You.
Bad at texting is one of the most useful descriptions we have invented for other people. It explains almost anything. Three days without a reply? “He's just bad…
Shaniya NazRead article
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Can You Actually Smell Fear?
Can you smell fear? Imagine walking into a room just before someone has to give a speech. Nobody says anything. Everyone is sitting normally. But the room…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Do Opposites Actually Attract?
Do opposites attract, or have we just been repeating that because it makes relationships sound more interesting? You know the couple. One talks to everybody at the…
Shaniya NazRead article
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You Can Leave a Place and Still Know the Way Home
Why do we miss places we once couldn't wait to leave? There is probably a street somewhere that means almost nothing to anyone else. No famous building.…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Does Your Dog Actually Miss You When You Leave?
Do dogs miss you when you leave the house, or are we flattering ourselves? It is easy to believe they do. You pick up your keys and your…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Do Animals Get Bored?
Do animals get bored? It sounds like one of those questions that should have an obvious answer. Anyone who has lived with a dog has seen the stare.…
Shaniya NazRead article