It’s tough to develop a global perspective with all the trash thrown at us daily. So, here are three interesting bits that you can either store in the back of your brain or bust out during an encounter with a cute chick that would otherwise yield an incredibly awkward conversation.
Ever stack one quadrillion pennies up in a perfectly symmetric cube?: As children, we always claimed we’d want a “bagillion” dollars. While that number can’t quite be quantified, the minds behind this project were able to give a visual aid to some of our loftiest numbers, using pennies as units. Note: You do not want a
quintillion dollars. Where would you put it?
People in Order: A duo of British filmmakers are taking a different look at society’s landscape of personalities. They’ve plucked 471 strangers from the street and categorized them into different categories: Age, Birth, Love and Home. The always-brilliant mental_floss was able to find two of the videos. We can’t wait to find the final two.
Helicopter Parents: Ever heard this phrase? Well, if you send your laundry home weekly or your mother has a regular dialogue with your employer, you can start using it now that you know you have them. It seems the birth of the cell phone didn’t provide parents enough communication with their children and we’re beginning to see the effects…
Your Daily Dose: Pennies, People and Parents
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