History

July 16, 2023

Man Wins the Lottery 14 Times Using a Simple System of Basic Math

In the 1980s and 1990s, Stefan Mandel turned playing the lottery into an art form. The Romanian-Australian economist managed to win the lottery an astounding 14 times. Everything he did was perfectly legal and all it took was some simple calculations. Mandel was born in Romania, and his first win came in his home country as part of a syndicate where investors put in money to purchase lottery tickets, and the winnings were split.

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June 22, 2023

Who is Your Genius Persona? Discover Your Historical Counterpart [Quiz]

We've all fancied ourselves geniuses from time to time, but what if you really were one? Do you belong in Mensa? This week's personality quiz takes a look at your analytical skills and the way you tackle problems in order to see which historical figure is your genius alter ego. Are you an Einstein or a Da Vinci? Find out with this short, eight-question quiz.

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June 12, 2023

These Are the World’s Oldest Languages Still Spoken Today

Linguists frequently debate the origins of language, aided by anthropologists and biologists in trying to determine just when, why, and how humans began to communicate verbally—estimates range from 50,000 to 2 million years ago. But no matter when speech evolved, language has become the defining feature of the human condition. While words spoken aloud may vanish into the air of history, words written down last generations and millennia.

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