Enormous Highways
What's the deal with eight-lane highways? Why are they necessary? Making highways wider doesn't get rid of the amount of traffic or make commutes faster, it does the complete opposite.
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American Traditions That Confuse The Rest of the World
The More You Know
- The brain is the fattest organ.
- Saint Patrick's Day began as a "feast day". To honor him, Christians could put aside their Lenten restrictions on food and alcohol consumption, which is why excessive drinking has become linked to the celebration.
- The first time Reddit was mentioned in the New York Times, it was described as "foolish collectivism" that "grinds away the Web's edges and saps it of its humanity".
- War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.