humans
in the wake of Moxy Fruvous‘ lead singer‘s recent trial, i was intrigued by the potential difference between a verdict of not guilty and an acquittal, should there be a difference. in a criminal case, whether a judge or jury trial, a variety of findings can result — these are:
history
if you intend to travel from one place to another, you have a lot of options at your disposal. usually, you can whip out your phone and punch your destination into whichever map-app you use. sometimes, you wander around a forest using the sun, the slope, and the moss as
etymology
trivia etymology tri-vium (Latin | ‘three’ ‘road/way’) | the place where three roads meet; a split/fork in a road; a commonplace why is there an ‘r’ in ‘mrs’? master -> mr -> mister mistress -> mrs -> missus why ‘won’t’ instead of ‘willn’t’? in
biology
it’s february, which means that some of us are itching to book campsites for the summer — see what i did there? the very thought of mosquitoes makes my ankles itch and brings back fond memories of being stranded by the side of a lake and being eaten alive, thanks
history
as of february 8 (an auspicious day for a few reasons), 2016 is now the year of the fire monkey! congratulations to anyone born this coming year — you will be curious, creative, and a natural prankster! each chinese new year (based of the lunar calendar) the animal of the year
history
our friend, tim urban, from waitbutwhy, is, unknowlingly, taking over trivia wednesday today. maybe that makes me a sellout or lazy but i think the article he wrote with the diagrams he built are such a fabulous model of historical trivia that they are too good to skip over. see
history
qi or chi, according to traditional chinese culture, is the life force flowing within any living thing. there are a multitude of correlates from other cultures, including prana (Hindu), mana (Hawaaian), pneuma (Greek), and ruah (Hebrew). as an aside, both pneuma and ruah have been used in Scripture to describe/
biology
this week’s topic: the sneeze when something irritates the upper lining of the nasal cavity, the trigeminal nerve (transmitter of all facial sensation to the brain) sends a signal to the medulla (great and mighty controller of autonomic and involuntary functions) telling it to fill the lungs with air,