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Katja (editor) likes to try new things and tell the world about what the experience was like. So while she cooks a different meal every day, travels as far as she can, checks out all the art-house movies possible and never stops advertising her recent discoveries, she decided to give her friends a break and put her enthusiasm about new topics into writing.


Is Everyone Really Just Six Handshakes Away?

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Let’s see if we know the whole world in six steps It’s something you’ve probably heard about on a birthday party somewhere. That we are actually connected with every single person in the world just via six people that know each other. So everyone is actually your friend’s friend’s friend’s friend’s friend’s friend. The idea   …Continue Reading


Glowing Cockroach in Top Ten New Species

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Top Ten new species of 2012, one discovered with social media These are not the only species that were discovered in 2012 (a rough 18.000 new species reveal themselves yearly), these are just the most interesting ones. Like a glow-in-the-dark cockroach. It lives only in areas not yet spoiled by human’s abundant illumination, where it probably tries to mimick   …Continue Reading


Study Finds Why Penguins Lost Their Wings

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They don’t walk all that comfortable, so why stop flying?   If you’ve seen March of the Penguins, you probably understand the question. Many penguins live a shitty life, walking miles and miles without any food and spending months apart from their families. This would be over with if they just flew from one place   …Continue Reading


Tricking Your Mind With A Music Video

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Backwards walking played in reverse, is that so complicated? Israeli movie maker Messe Kopp wanted to trick our minds. With this simple concept he managed quite well. It takes a while before we really understand what we’re watching. This tricking the mind by reversing a video, isn’t the same as reverse psychology, as you might   …Continue Reading


Do We Really Want To Eat Mexican Food?

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Eating meat in Mexico can do weird things to your body If you like to eat a taco every once in a while, be aware that this could be affecting your metabolism or heartrate. To fill up the popular snacks every day Mexicans need to make their cattle grow big. They often speed this process up with   …Continue Reading