Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

If there’s one thing the United States has made famous – other than an individualism so fierce we will cling to it even when it’s literally killing us – it’s cobbling things together and somehow making them work. Our system of weights and measures is a perfect example. It’s sort of metric but mostly not,...

If you grew up in the States, there’s a good chance you didn’t realize until college – or beyond – that we are one of the only developed nations in the world that uses a system of weights and measures that’s not the metric system. If you didn’t study science, math, or another field that utilizes the...

Sure, rules comes with your UNO game, but one pamphlet of instructions can’t possible answer every question and every scenario that might come up when you’re playing around your kitchen table. For years, people have been arguing whether or not you’re allowed to stack the +2 cards – basically, if someone gets you with a...

Is there anything more frustrating than boiling some eggs, then realizing that you’re going to have to pick the shell off one tiny fragment at a time? That goes double when you’re making something like egg salad, potato salad, or deviled eggs, and are staring down a dozen or more eggs to peel all at...

Those of us who love and cohabitate with dogs are often amused – and confused – about certain behaviors that seem to make little sense. They sniff the entire yard, then walk in a circle before finding the perfect place to poop. And then there’s the pouncing, the intimate greeting of other dogs… and yes,...

There hasn’t been a whole lot of stuff that we could call “cool” in a non-horrifying sense this year, so I think we all really need these super cool images of the giant ball of gas in the sky that makes our whole world go ’round, don’t you? The pictures come courtesy of the newly...

In the world of jobs with behind-the-scenes secrets, I would guess that most healthcare jobs have more than their fair share. There are just too many things about our own bodies – and the care it receives – that we’re better off not knowing. These 10 nurses are ready to reveal some of their best-kept...

Human beings have a wide range of what we consider tolerable when it comes to food safety, and how we want our food to be handled before it gets to our mouths. Most of us, though, seem to innately agree that flies are super unsanitary, though, even if we’re not quite sure why. It turns...

There are plenty of industries that keep, well…not exactly secrets, but just truths about what goes on behind the scenes. They’re things would only know – and would only need to know – if you were a plumber. That said, it can be interesting to learn new things; that’s why we’re all here, right? So, without further...

“Peter, Peter strong and able, get your elbows off the table.” If your parents or grandparents repeated this rhyme at your dinner table ad nauseum, or at least until you finally remembered that you weren’t supposed to eat your food while propping yourself up with your elbows, you’re definitely not alone. It’s considered poor manners to eat...

Dogs. Feet. The eggs you had for breakfast, the teenagers who just won’t move out. There are hundreds of reasons our houses might not smell their freshest on any given day, or in any given season, but the truth of the matter is, you likely won’t smell it if you live there. But listen…at least...

I don’t think many of us really appreciated all of the ways being able to hop on an airplane to anywhere in the world impacted our lives before the mess of 2020 happened. Now, travel is scary, and cramming yourself into a space where it’s impossible to social distance (and where some people still refuse...

In some ways, maybe it’s better to learn right away whether or not your new job is the right one for you. In other ways, it’s got to be pretty embarrassing and other things, too, to end up getting canned before HR even manages to process your paperwork. That’s just what happened to these 14...

If you ask me, the 80s were just about 20 years ago. Don’t you dare try to tell me again that they were 40 years ago, but if that were true, I suppose that would explain just has much has changed in the interim – like these 16 things people used to do every day,...

Looking back, there are quite a few things that we did in the 80s and 90s that would drop people’s jaws – I mean, the amount of hairspray we shot into the ozone alone is enough to terrorize a modern day, eco-conscious teen. If nostalgia is your bag, these 17 recollections of what was totally...