Lake Disappointment

When Australian explorers reached a vast lake after months of exploration, they discovered that it's undrinkable — and named it accordingly.

Aug 14 • wimagguc

July 2026

Condemned to be free

We tend to think of the five-day workweek as a law of nature, but really, it’s something we all decided to do.

Jul 3 • wimagguc

June 2026

What's luck got to do with it?

What "lucky" people do differently, and how to stack the odds in your favor.

Jun 5 • wimagguc

April 2026

Hill-hill-hill Hill

Torpenhow Hill, a place in England, is famously a quadruple tautology: “Tor,” “pen,” and “how,” all mean “hill” in different languages.

Apr 27 • wimagguc

March 2026

How many vacuums is too many?

Man tries to control his own robot so hard that he accidentally controls 7,000 others.

Mar 10 • wimagguc

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February 2026

Not even wrong

It's the kind of insult only a physicist can deliver with a straight face.

Feb 20 • wimagguc

January 2026

The inner game of racquetball

I played squash with an investor at a private club in Singapore, and learned things.

Jan 2 • wimagguc

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December 2025

This year's Misogi challenge

Once a year, do something so difficult for one day that it reshapes the rest of your year.

Dec 15, 2025 • wimagguc

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August 2025

Half of London drives a Hummer

How psychology and invisible forces make us buy three-ton SUVs

Aug 5, 2025 • wimagguc

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July 2025

"My brain is open"

Being in the right network multiplies the reach of your ideas.

Jul 4, 2025 • wimagguc

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June 2025

What if you are very, very stupid?

Understanding a proof in a math textbook is one thing; being able to reconstruct it without help is a whole other beast entirely.

Jun 6, 2025 • wimagguc

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May 2025

Reinventing the axle

Nobody had even thought of a time machine until H.G. Wells first wrote about it in 1895.

May 2, 2025 • wimagguc

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