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What’s a snootful?
I learned this word recently from Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise. It means “enough alcoholic liquor to cause drunkenness.” | learn more
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Why are you still single?
“In 1889, Tit-Bits magazine offered a prize to the spinster who could provide the best answer to the question: Why are you still single? The results proved far too hilariously on point for the magazine to choose just a single […]
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The greatest trader who ever lived
Twice this week the book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator came up in conversation. I read the book in college and liked it, but it drove me away from stock trading rather than towards. Many career traders had the opposite response. The […]
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Millennials aren’t poorer than previous generations
Of dollars and data takes up the question of my generation’s wealth. “Using the same Federal Reserve data cited in the articles above, we can see that Millennials have roughly the same inflation-adjusted financial assets per capita as prior generations […]
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What’s an appetizing store?
“[T]ypically in reference to Jewish cuisine in New York City, particularly Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, [an Appetizing store] is a store that sells “food that generally goes with bagels.” | learn more
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The cardiovascular secrets of giraffes
“Because of their height, giraffes require scarily high blood pressures — yet they escape the massive health problems that plague people with hypertension. Can clinicians learn from these animals?” | learn more
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Why do women live longer than men?
“Everywhere in the world women live longer than men – but this was not always the case. The available data from rich countries shows that women didn’t live longer than men in the 19th century. Why do women live so […]
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Terms and conditions game
“Your mission is as follows: Do not accept any terms & conditions. Say no to all notifications. Always opt out of cookies.” | learn more
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What sort of business is investment banking?
“Credit Suisse has over 1.6 million individual clients, over 100,000 corporate clients and tens of thousands of institutional clients. Yet a single client can blow through the profits made from all the others.” | learn more