British judges and lawyers (or barristers as they call them) kinda’ look like out of some Renaissance-themed Hollywood movie. It’s tradition, you may say and we agree, but haven’t you wondered why they’re still wearing the same old, horsehair wigs that look and probably feel quite uncomfortable? Why do British lawyers and judges wear wigs?…
Let us exemplify for you what upspeak really is. Imagine someone it’s asking you what day of the week it is today. Say “Sunday”! Say it out loud now! See how your voice pitches down as you approach the end of the word? SUN-day. Right? This is called “downspeak”. Now, for the upspeak, try saying…
Vocal fry has been called many things lately: “the verbal tic of doom” or the “ditzy girl speaking tone”, “the debilitating speaking disorder afflicting North American women”. Yeah, it’s that famous. Kim Kardashian and the like seems to enjoy it. Basically, vocal fry happens when the vocal folds move in a certain way. To get…
The candle heater or Kandle Heeter, is a heating device invented by a guy from Nothern California, named Doyle Doss. It is a pretty simple invention that could provide you with green energy and heat for a longer time, using only a candle. No more chilly winter nights with the heat on at maximum and…
“Dog goes woof, cat goes meow, bird goes tweet and mouse goes squeek…but there’s one sound that no one knows, what does the fox say?”. Remember this song by the Norwegian duo band, Ylvis? It is one crazy track with an even crazier music video that got anyone wondering: what does the fox really say? Does…
So, first and foremost, you’ve got to measure the cloud, to get an idea of how much space it takes on the sky. One way is to get in the car and drive across its shadow at a fixed speed. You’ve got to be pretty patient and wait for the sun to be overhead so…
Women usually pluck their eyebrows and there is such a thing as mascara to lengthen their eyelashes at a eyelash salon services so that they would not go unnoticed. This is not something of today or tomorrow, this is something that women and even men have done since the early ages. Even in the early…
We use it everyday, almost every minute of our lives. No matter if you are a native English speaker, currently studying English or just barely knowing a few English words, you cannot possibly avoid the “the”. It is the most used English word for sure and you cannot really say something with the “the”. See?…
Brain freeze is triggered when the cold substance that you’ve eaten touches the back of the mouth and stimulates the blood vessels and nerves in this area.
It’s called “dry cleaning”, but actually, it’s not that dry. It just doesn’t use water, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t use other liquids to clean your clothes. So, first and foremost, let’s put things straight: What is dry cleaning? It’s a cleaning process other than the soap-and-water cleaning that we’re doing at home, but…
You’ve got to admit it: the human body is amazing. Whoever built it was a genius. Our body is sometimes, even smarter than we are, being able to heal itself and taking care of its needs individual of our knowledge. There are times, though, when it signals you saying “hey, I’m working hard to keep…
Does your dog like chocolate? Does he wag his tail when he hears a chocolate bar being opened? Does he look at you like he’s the hungriest little dog in the world when you eat that chocolate? Do you find it so hard to resist his puppy eyes? We’ve all been there and we should…
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