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A Lesson for the Church from Selling Razors
A man goes into a store to buy some razor blades. They're locked up. He tries to get in, but it's like robbing Fort Knox. No one is around to ...
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Pride and the 1986 Challenger Disaster
On January 28, 1986, NASA was planning to launch the space shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Center—a mission that included a schoolteacher ...
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Tiny Midges Cause Lincoln Memorial Deterioration
In the late 1980s, the National Park Service noticed that the Lincoln Memorial was slowly crumbling and deteriorating. Why? Part of the problem was from ...
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The Rise of Overconfidence
Have you ever been listening to someone blab on about something you know nothing about, yet you still try to contribute to the conversation? Welcome to ...
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Ordinary People Deemed Crazy for 'Hearing Voices'
In1973 the journal Science published an article titled "On Being Sane in Insane Places." It described an experiment in which eight "fake" ...
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Coaching from the Grandstands
Ever find yourself yelling at the television while watching your favorite sports team? If so, you're not alone. Many of us even think we could do ...
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Pilots' Pride Led to Tragic Plane Crash
In his book, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival, Laurence Gonzales tells the story of United Airlines Flight 232 that crashed in Iowa on July ...
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Research Shows Our Favorite Conversation Topic—Ourselves
If you're like most people, you have a clear, hands down favorite topic for most of your conversations—yourself. On average, people spend 60 ...
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Why Marriages Are Either 'Masters' or 'Disasters'
Marriage researcher John Gottman has separated couples into two major groups: the masters and the disasters. The masters were still happily together after ...
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Communication Fail: The FBI's Guide to Internet Slang
The Washington Post ran an article with this long and funny title: "The FBI maintains an 83-page glossary of Internet slang. And it is hilariously, ...
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