Category: Learn

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I Only Watch For The Commercials

It’s that time of year again. The grind of the gridiron gives us the ultimate matchup to decide football superiority. It’s the super bowl of, well, Super Bowls. And whether you’re a rabid fan that paints your face with team colors every week, or a flourished-pinky tea sipper who simply

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Margarita Variations

Feeling Hot Hot Hot (in your mouth)

So you think you’re pretty bold when ordering extra jalapeño peppers for your nachos? Everybody gives an awed look when you put tabasco on eggs? Do you order a spice level 8 at your favorite Thai place, while other wimps stick to a 3 or 4?

Big freakin’ deal. You haven’t tasted hot until the peppers listed below have passed your lips. These babies break the heat meter (or Scoville scale, to be more precise), so be ready with a glass of milk to dull the sizzle and a hanky for your tears.

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A Revolutionary Horror Movie

Did You Really Just Open That Creaky Door?!

Horror films. You love ‘em. You hate ‘em. You watch ‘em. But what if you find yourself in one? Maybe this seems unlikely to you, but I’m sure those poor counselors at Crystal Lake felt the same way. And the kids on Elm Street? I’m sure they never thought they’d

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Legends Of St. Patrick

How Well Do You Know World Religions?

You hear groans at your Last Call Trivia night when the subject gets announced. Maybe even your team lets out an audible sigh when you hear it. Religion. Ugh. Even the most faithful to their cause might roll their eyes at the prospect of answering a “Religion” question over their fourth beer. Well, fear not, because thou is getting bestowed upon with a few facts about some major (and not so major) worldwide religions to help answer that question that seems to shaketh thine head in wonderment every week. LET THERE BE INSIGHT!

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The early evolution of Mickey

It’s A Large World After All

Let’s talk Disney. It’s a company that’s touched pretty much everybody in one form or another. From childhood movies and cartoons to trips to one of their theme parks, or even toys and games around the house – the Disney brand is everywhere. Now with the acquisitions of entities like Pixar and Lucasfilm, Disney’s reach gets even further. Let’s take a look at how this all-encompassing idea factory grew from humble beginnings.

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Christmas trees

Can You Name All These Christmas Movie Facts?

The holiday season is upon us again, bringing yearly viewings of classic films. What’s your favorite? Is it A Christmas Story, which highlights the joys of childhood and family? Maybe It’s A Wonderful Life is your favorite because it teaches us to be thankful for what we have. Perhaps your favorite Christmas movie is Die Hard. Well, welcome to that party, pal! 

Let’s take a look at some fun holiday movie facts, so when Fran at the office party says she loves Jingle All The Way you can dazzle her with some trivia! Just kidding. Nobody loves Jingle All The Way.

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Mount Everest Basics

Tear Down This Wall!

All countries have borders, some bound by land and others by sea. Some borders keep ideologies separate (looking at you, Korea), while others go almost unnoticed for miles. Borders can sometimes change overnight (folks in the Crimean Peninsula went to bed Ukrainians and woke up Russian last year), and other borders can remain for centuries. Let’s take a look at some interesting border facts.

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Real Champagne

How Do You Ring in the New Year?

A new year is approaching fast, so get ready to party! Pop the bubbly, break out the noisemakers, and drunkenly proclaim soon to be forgotten resolutions at the top of your lungs. Here we come 2016.   But do we know enough about this ‘new year’ thing? Who came up

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Podcast Episode 34 Round 2

Did You Know: Watch Your Language! Edition

We all know ‘I’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’, right? And most of us can tell you ‘the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog’ is a sentence containing every letter of the alphabet (that’s called a pangram). Fancy yourself a grammar god? We’ll see about that. Just take a look at some of these facts about the English language before patting yourself on the back too hard.

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Creating the Star Wars Universe

A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away…

A new Star Wars film is about to be released, much to the glee of kids and adult nerds everywhere. Yet there is a great disturbance in the Force. You sense that you may not know everything about Star Wars, and that just won’t do when debating with others at trivia night. You need to up your nerdichlorian count for the next big Jedi mind battle while waiting in line to see The Force Awakens for the 9th time (you really do need to get out more), so here are a few tidbits to impress friends from Hoth to Alderaan.

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Category: Learn

2 1

I Only Watch For The Commercials

It’s that time of year again. The grind of the gridiron gives us the ultimate matchup to decide football superiority. It’s the super bowl of, well, Super Bowls. And whether you’re a rabid fan that paints your face with team colors every week, or a flourished-pinky tea sipper who simply

Read More
Margarita Variations

Feeling Hot Hot Hot (in your mouth)

So you think you’re pretty bold when ordering extra jalapeño peppers for your nachos? Everybody gives an awed look when you put tabasco on eggs? Do you order a spice level 8 at your favorite Thai place, while other wimps stick to a 3 or 4?

Big freakin’ deal. You haven’t tasted hot until the peppers listed below have passed your lips. These babies break the heat meter (or Scoville scale, to be more precise), so be ready with a glass of milk to dull the sizzle and a hanky for your tears.

Read More
A Revolutionary Horror Movie

Did You Really Just Open That Creaky Door?!

Horror films. You love ‘em. You hate ‘em. You watch ‘em. But what if you find yourself in one? Maybe this seems unlikely to you, but I’m sure those poor counselors at Crystal Lake felt the same way. And the kids on Elm Street? I’m sure they never thought they’d

Read More
Legends Of St. Patrick

How Well Do You Know World Religions?

You hear groans at your Last Call Trivia night when the subject gets announced. Maybe even your team lets out an audible sigh when you hear it. Religion. Ugh. Even the most faithful to their cause might roll their eyes at the prospect of answering a “Religion” question over their fourth beer. Well, fear not, because thou is getting bestowed upon with a few facts about some major (and not so major) worldwide religions to help answer that question that seems to shaketh thine head in wonderment every week. LET THERE BE INSIGHT!

Read More
The early evolution of Mickey

It’s A Large World After All

Let’s talk Disney. It’s a company that’s touched pretty much everybody in one form or another. From childhood movies and cartoons to trips to one of their theme parks, or even toys and games around the house – the Disney brand is everywhere. Now with the acquisitions of entities like Pixar and Lucasfilm, Disney’s reach gets even further. Let’s take a look at how this all-encompassing idea factory grew from humble beginnings.

Read More
Christmas trees

Can You Name All These Christmas Movie Facts?

The holiday season is upon us again, bringing yearly viewings of classic films. What’s your favorite? Is it A Christmas Story, which highlights the joys of childhood and family? Maybe It’s A Wonderful Life is your favorite because it teaches us to be thankful for what we have. Perhaps your favorite Christmas movie is Die Hard. Well, welcome to that party, pal! 

Let’s take a look at some fun holiday movie facts, so when Fran at the office party says she loves Jingle All The Way you can dazzle her with some trivia! Just kidding. Nobody loves Jingle All The Way.

Read More
Mount Everest Basics

Tear Down This Wall!

All countries have borders, some bound by land and others by sea. Some borders keep ideologies separate (looking at you, Korea), while others go almost unnoticed for miles. Borders can sometimes change overnight (folks in the Crimean Peninsula went to bed Ukrainians and woke up Russian last year), and other borders can remain for centuries. Let’s take a look at some interesting border facts.

Read More
Real Champagne

How Do You Ring in the New Year?

A new year is approaching fast, so get ready to party! Pop the bubbly, break out the noisemakers, and drunkenly proclaim soon to be forgotten resolutions at the top of your lungs. Here we come 2016.   But do we know enough about this ‘new year’ thing? Who came up

Read More
Podcast Episode 34 Round 2

Did You Know: Watch Your Language! Edition

We all know ‘I’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’, right? And most of us can tell you ‘the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog’ is a sentence containing every letter of the alphabet (that’s called a pangram). Fancy yourself a grammar god? We’ll see about that. Just take a look at some of these facts about the English language before patting yourself on the back too hard.

Read More
Creating the Star Wars Universe

A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away…

A new Star Wars film is about to be released, much to the glee of kids and adult nerds everywhere. Yet there is a great disturbance in the Force. You sense that you may not know everything about Star Wars, and that just won’t do when debating with others at trivia night. You need to up your nerdichlorian count for the next big Jedi mind battle while waiting in line to see The Force Awakens for the 9th time (you really do need to get out more), so here are a few tidbits to impress friends from Hoth to Alderaan.

Read More