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Anecdotes	Monosyllables	Leonhard Euler was once invited by Frederick the Great to join his Academy in Berlin. Euler accepted and promptly left...	Anonymous	567	1 2 3 4 5
Images	Look At My Chest When I'm Talking To You!	...	root	182
Anecdotes	Small Talk	One evening the bon vivant (and famously squinty-eyed) raconteur Gilbert Gottfried met Jackie Onassis at a fancy party...	Anonymous	78
Trivia	How often do people lie?	In 2004, Cornell University professor Jeff Hancock, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week, noting...	root	73
Anecdotes	Asperger’s Syndrome inspires an awkward lunch conversation	Tim Page: "By now, I am fairly used to myself, and my symptoms [of Asperger’s Syndrome] bloom publicly only on rare...	root	67
Trivia	Study: talking improves memory and intellectual performance	You stop at the mailbox and bump into the guy down the hall. Or you pull into the driveway just as your neighbour is...	root	56
Trivia	The horror! A woman's naked niece uses the telephone	In 1903 the trade journal Telephony reported an elderly woman's complaints about her niece, who received a phone call from a...	root	55
Anecdotes	Brandy Drinker	Talleyrand once reproached a guest for downing a glass of fine brandy in a single gulp. "The first thing you should do,"...	Anonymous	42
Anecdotes	Taxing Credibility	While having lunch in a restaurant one day, Art Buchwald was asked by a businessman at a neighboring table whether he...	Anonymous	39
Anecdotes	Starter Pistol?	While visiting a restaurant in Paris one day, Alfred Jarry, a man famed for his eccentricity, found himself attempting...	Anonymous	37