Remember when “cool” meant “a little bit cold,” “bad” meant the opposite of “good,” and Republican meant Democrat? Here’s a list of other words whose meanings have changed even more drastically. For example: BROTHEL Used to mean: A low-life In Middle English, “brothel” described the kind of person who’d cheat, steal, and … possibly frequent a bordello. INMATE …

The last few moments of your presentation are crucial, since they’re the most likely to stick in your audience’s mind. Here are a few of the twelve tips Open Forum offers to hitting a slam dunk in your last thirty seconds: A touch of humility. In a world where everyone flashes their achievements and opinions, those …

Exercise is great for you, but bad for your hygiene. Think about it: sweaty yoga matts, stinky water bottles, funky shoes, and the mother of all, the gym bag. These nineteen tricks will help you keep things clean and fresh-smelling. For example: DIY some spray to wipe down your yoga mat. Recipe #1: Three drops …

Men usually have only one thing on their minds, and they’ll do whatever it takes to get it. To make sure women don’t cave in to their wiles, the Japanese have invented a bra that only opens for true love. Seriously, it actually calculates the love a woman feels. Take a look: Full story at …

Planning a wedding is beastly. If you’re trying to plan a wedding without the help of a team of professionals, you’ll want to use these thirty-two (!) infographics and checklists for wedding planning, provided by Buzzfeed. Here are two exceptionally useful ones: Full story at Buzzfeed. More infographics. Photo credit: Buzzfeed

I’ve spent a fair amount of time talking to people who’d be considered brilliant, even thought leaders. I was shocked to see how many of these seven gestures those people actually use. Here’s my favorite, the Dialectic: You’ve definitely seen it at some point. Maybe it was in a lecture in college. Maybe it was …

Looking for something to devote your weekend hours to? Take a look at these seven lesser-known hobbies, sure to keep you entertained for hours. Rock balancing, for example, has a surprisingly large following: Nature’s Jenga—except way cooler. The purpose of rock balancing is simply to create a tower of rocks, using only gravity to keep …

We’ve all seen those lists of internationally top-performing schools or happiest students. I like this graphic because it puts those two lists together into one helpful chart. Those of you reading from the United States, prepare to be bummed out: Full story at Cool Inforgraphics, via Buzzfeed. More cool infographics. Photo credit: Buzzfeed

What makes one person a comedian and another person a jerk or a clown? One recent psychological study tried to figure out if certain factors made someone a comedian. The results are surprising. Comedians were compared to normal people: When the two groups were compared, what they found was that, compared with normal people, comedians …

This season, sitcoms are full of offensive jokes about rape. Startlingly, “Two Broke Girls” makes up about half of this clip. Take a look: Sorry writers, rape is one of those things that isn’t funny in any context. Full story at Upworthy. What else is going on with TV?

Nick Santonastasso has Hanhart syndrome, a rare condition that results in missing limbs. Although he has no legs and only one arm, the guy has a legendary sense of humor. In fact, you may have seen some of his other zombie pranks online. When the Walking Dead folks caught wind of Nick, they recruited him to prank the …

Do you love cheese? I love it too. So much so, in fact, that I just might buy the poster version of this infographic:   Buy it at Pop Chart Lab, via Cool Infographics. Say cheese! Photo credit: Visual.ly