10 Of The Biggest Lies Students Hear Before They Get To College
For many students, your college years are supposed to be some of the best in your life; the peak of intellectual inquiry and social opportunities.However, many students find that once they get on...
View ArticleNo One Should Have To 'Deal' With Catcallers — Here's How To Handle Street...
The New York Post stirred up more eye-rolls than usual this morning when writer Doree Lewak posted a cringe-worthy ode to catcalling.In the article, she proclaims her appreciation for construction...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: The 2,000-Acre Mellon Estate In Virginia Is On The Market...
The Upperville, Virginia estate of late heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon recently hit the market for $70 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.Called Oak Spring Farm, the 2,000-acre property...
View ArticleI Went To Summer Camp For Adults And It Was Like A Frat Party On Steroids
More than 1 million adults attend camp each year, looking to relive their childhood memories or experience a summertime tradition for the first time.While kids' camp attendance has declined, forcing...
View ArticleArchitects Designed A Portable Tiny Home From Two Recycled Water Tanks
The tiny home phenomenon has been taken to another level. The designers at New York City-based Stereotank have created a traveling shelter that's small enough to wheel around on a bike.Called...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Eat At Taco Bell's New Upscale Restaurant
Taco Bell's new upscale taco chain, U.S. Taco Co., opened its first location nine days ago and the reviews are mixed.The restaurant, located in Huntington Beach, California, serves french fries,...
View ArticleWild Hong Kong Concept Tower Would Have Its Own Fish Farms And Rice Paddies
In a bold attempt to create a building that contains practically everything humans could need to survive, architects at Studio Cachoua Torres Camilletti designed a multi-multi-purpose skyscraper for...
View Article16 Mahatma Gandhi Quotes That Will Make You Want To Change The World
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India, in 1869.He was assassinated in 1948. Though in school he was rated as only "good at English, fair in Arithmetic and weak in Geography," he would...
View ArticleThe States Where Students Scored The Highest On AP Exams
Research engine FindTheBest created a map that demonstrates the passing rate of Advanced Placement exams across the country.The map shows the percentage of students (light blue for low and dark blue...
View Article26-Year-Old Deaf-Blind Lawyer Sues Scribd For Alleged Discrimination
A deaf-blind attorney who made Business Insider's 2013 list of the 20 most impressive Harvard Law students is now fighting for the rights of blind readers in a lawsuit against digital subscription...
View ArticleThese Charts Show How The World Feels About 8 Moral Issues
What people find morally acceptable and unacceptable depends on where they live in the world.The charts below from the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project show people's views on eight...
View ArticleThe Secret To Making Great Ribs
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View ArticleA Billionaire's 5 Keys To Success And Happiness
John Paul DeJoria has a lot to balance with all of the companies he manages under his empire. The billionaire still finds a way to focus on his success and happiness. This is how he does it. Produced...
View ArticleWe Spoke To 2 Veterans Who Served In World War II As Teenagers — And Here's...
Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, just over a million are alive today, according to the National World War II Museum. Each day, 555 of them die.Business Insider recently spoke...
View ArticleMeet 15 People Who Brave Freezing Temperatures to Live On The Arctic Circle
Since we're in the midst of a hot summer here in the States, it's easy to forget that there's anything but sweaty, scorching weather elsewhere on earth.Just take a step inside the Arctic Circle,...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Livable Cities In The World
The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a livability survey to determine which cities around the world "provide the best or worst living conditions."Cities that tended to score the best on the survey...
View ArticleHow An Industrial Designer Is Using Magic To Invent Amazing Objects
As a kid, Adrian Westaway loved two things: magic and making inventions. Now, as co-founder of a London-based design and invention studio called Special Projects, he has combined both of those hobbies...
View ArticleGet To Know Comporta, Where The Richest Europeans Go Off The Grid
The sleepy fishing villages of Portugal’s Herdade da Comporta have always been where the fashionable European crowd goes off the grid. Now that new hotels and rental villas are emerging among the...
View ArticleI Lived Out Of My Car For Four Months To Join The Tech Revolution
Editor's note: Two years ago, a Silicon Valley product designer named Kurt Varner saved a ton of money and learned a lot about life by living in his car for four months. Varner wrote about his...
View ArticleAre These Common Speech Habits Bringing You Down?
How you say something matters as much as, like, what you say.If you want to get your ideas across, then pay attention to certain controversial speech habits becoming increasingly more common. Mumbling...
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