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Swallow Your Spit
Baseball was really common in the southern US, and a bunch of us kids would play ball in the street where I grew up.
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Andrew Smith
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Infinitesimals
Imagine trying to draw a circle, but with only straight lines.
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Andrew Smith
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Seeing Sound
Our senses seem like they’re cordoned off from one another.
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Andrew Smith
15
Sun Sneezes
Ever glance upward at a bright light, only to find yourself needing to sneeze?
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Andrew Smith
20
The Unknown Knowns
Donald Rumsfeld, both the youngest and the oldest US secretary of defense, famously laid out a framework for thinking and decision-making.
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Andrew Smith
23
Going Down with the Ship
Maritime law—commonly referred to as the law of the sea—had been dealing with trade between kingdoms for literal millennia, but the most notable effort…
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Andrew Smith
15
Rubicon
In 49 BCE, the Roman Republic was hanging onto its existence by a thread.
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Andrew Smith
24
ZPGs
Zero Player Games
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Andrew Smith
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Fake Fruit Fables
In 1665, an apple didn’t fall on Sir Isaac Newton’s head.
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Andrew Smith
14
Iterate, Iterate
Give a group of well-educated adults a task to complete, and they’ll set to planning right away.
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Andrew Smith
25
Chupacabra
In March of 1975, fear was beginning to build in the small town of Moca, located on the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico.
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Andrew Smith
24
Farts and Sneezes
“A little to the left!” never sounded more like two farts and a sneeze before.
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Andrew Smith
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