16 Things That Surprised Me When I Moved To America
The author of this post is an international student from Cambodia currently working in the financial services industry in NYC. The post is based on his personal experience as an immigrant and from...
View ArticleThis British Linguist Has Figured Out How World Cultures Really Work
Gus Lubin’s articles published in collaboration with Richard Lewis [on communication, leadership, and culture] have created such a buzz, drawing about a million views and going viral, that people may...
View ArticleThe Internet's Favorite Dog Breeds, By Country
Dogs may not be able to take selfies (yet), but they still have plenty of swag on social media.Klooff, an app that lets pet owners share photos of their cats and dogs, found the most popular dog breeds...
View ArticleHow Different Cultures Understand Time
Time is seen in a particularly different light by Eastern and Western cultures, and even within these groupings assumes quite dissimilar aspects from country to country. In the Western Hemisphere, the...
View ArticleHow To Chill A Bottle Of Wine Faster
You can prepare all you want for a party -- make lists, buy bags of ice, chill your wine, make everything in advance -- and still find yourself, a little after 10 PM, with a room full of thirsty people...
View ArticleA Photographer Had Adults Recreate Their Childhood Pictures, And The Results...
Old photos are a great way to look back on days gone by. But what if it was possible to recreate some of your most nostalgic moments later in life?This is what Argentinian photographer Irina Werning...
View Article1,000 People Simultaneously Ate The World's Hottest Pepper And Their...
In an act that further demonstrates the unmatched weirdness of mankind, 1,000 people gathered in Copenhagen to willinglyeat 1,000 pieces of ghost chili in an event hosted by Danish entertainer Chili...
View Article6 Things You Learn From Arguing With Jeff Bezos
Amazon pulled in a whopping $19.7 billion in revenue last quarter.The company's on track to employ drones, build phones, stream music, and sell groceries. This presents us with a question: What kind of...
View ArticleHere’s The Trick To Negotiating With The French
In both politics and business, the French like to be independent (at times maverick) and can appear frustrating to Americans, Japanese and Europeans alike.They are immersed in their own history and...
View ArticleHow The 'Friday The 13th' Superstition Got Started
Fear of Friday the 13th, also known as friggatriskaidekaphobia, plagues our society. The diagnosis brings together "Frigg," a Norse goddess and Friday's namesake, and "triskaidekaphobia," fear of the...
View ArticleWhat Most Interesting People Have In Common
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> Sources: Eric Barker/Barking Up The...
View ArticleThis Video Will Make You Fall In Love With NYC's Subway Dancers
Last September, 22-year-old Kingston University student Scott Carthy sat at his laptop in his London apartment and watched a YouTube video of New York City's subway dancers for the first time.In the...
View ArticleLard Is Cropping Up On Menus Everywhere
Lard — yes, lard — is cropping up in kitchens around the globe.The resurgence of lard, or pig fat seems to have come from a change in opinion about saturated fat (fat mainly from meat and dairy) and...
View Article3 Watches You Should Wear If You Want To Impress People
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> When a man flashes his cuff and his watch is revealed, what does it say about...
View Article4 Ways To Avoid Ending Up In A Job You Hate
Have you ever started a new job and immediately regretted your decision?Craig Bryant, founder of KinHR.com, an HR tool that helps small businesses manage their workforce operations, says people end up...
View ArticleA Former Facebook Engineer Offers 7 Ridiculous Ways To Fit In In Silicon Valley
The next major thing Silicon Valley needs to disrupt is its own culture, states programmer and former Facebook engineer Carlos Bueno.What's wrong with it?"The problem is that Silicon Valley has ......
View ArticleNo One Throws A Gay Pride Parade Quite Like New York City [PHOTOS]
This past weekend, cities around the world celebrated LGBT pride with parades, festivals, and demonstrations.Barcelona, Lima, Mexico City, Paris, Toronto, Chicago, and San Francisco all raised the...
View ArticleHere's What You'll See At The New Jeff Koons Exhibit That Everyone Is Talking...
This weekend the Whitney Museum in New York City debuted the "most comprehensive retrospective ever" of contemporary artist Jeff Koons."Jeff Koons: A Retrospective" opened June 27th and is the largest...
View ArticleA Chinese Artist Has Done Something Incredible With Paper
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> Produced by Alana Kakoyiannis. Additional camera by Justin Gmoser.NOW WATCH: We Followed A Cosplayer Into The World...
View ArticleThis Chart Explains Every Culture In The World
Cultures are complicated, and anyone attempting to explain or group them will struggle to avoid giving offense.Political scientists Ronald Inglehart of the University of Michigan and Christian Welzel...
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