Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

In recent years Thanksgiving, Columbus Day and the way we teach colonization of the Americas in general have all come under scrutiny, and for good reason — they often negate the presence and persecution of Indigenous people. Luckily, more and more communities are trying to be more culturally empathetic — for example, many now choose...

My answer to this question would be, “be 9 months pregnant,” though “painting cabinets” comes in a very close second. Everyone has their own thing (or things) they loathe doing so much they’ll never acquiesce to doing it again. But you may not have considered the 11 below. #11. Two weeks in a call center “I...

I have to say, the older I get, the less I really care whether or not other people find me attractive. First of all, I’m too tired to put much effort into my appearance, and second, the people who love me do so for reasons other than what I look like. However, I must admit...

I myself am a huge history nerd (or buff, if you prefer), and even though I often go searching for them, I’ve also come across tons of hidden history stories by accident, or picked them up from someone else who’s shared their own discoveries. So go ahead and thank these 10 people in advance for...

By age 40, an estimated 1 in 10 adults experience some hearing loss, but it happens gradually enough that many people don’t realize what they’re missing until things have gotten fairly severe. Even when people do realize that they’re not hearing things the way they used to, there are factors that make it difficult to...

Every professional has their pet peeves, especially when it comes to what their job really entails versus what the layperson thinks. I have to imagine that, in the age of social media, scientists are experiencing more than their fair share. So it’s unsurprising that these 15 scientists were willing to dish on the worst offenses....

This is such a good topic. I consider myself open-minded — live-and-let-live is pretty much the only way to go about our time on this earth as far as I’m concerned. That said, we all have that one thing we just can’t help but put on our judgy pants about, right? These 13+ people weren’t...

If you’re an American citizen, you probably know that there is no law against “disrespecting” the flag in any way, shape, or form. Whether you agree with it or not, the treatment of the flag falls under the First Amendment, which grants us all free speech, so your fellow citizens can wear, burn, stomp on,...

The first time I drank too much wine in my 30s, I was sick for two straight days. Since then, drinking too much of anything is a recipe for disaster, and I know that I’m not alone in not being able to throw down and party without (many) consequences the way I could a decade...

Sometimes it’s hard to imagine that ancient people could be all that similar to us – but these recent findings from the Atacama Desert go a long way toward helping us understand our genetic ancestors. The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth, and is so foreign and otherworldly that researchers use it to...

During World War II, Ireland declared itself officially neutral – the country was still struggling to recover from its bid for independence from the United Kingdom – and people there carved massive markers into their landscape to make sure their decision could be seen by all aircraft flying overhead. “The signs were built by the Coast...

First of all, let’s just get this out of the way – if you’re having a life threatening emergency you should dial 9-1-1 and ask for an ambulance and EMTs, and don’t attempt to drive yourself (or the person in question) to a hospital yourself. That said, there are times when a person needs an...

Have you ever stopped and wondered what the Ancient Greeks would have made of the Internet, or air conditioning, or an electrical grid in general? If so – or even if not – the Internet has thought about it harder, and come up with these 15 tidbits that would have completely blown about the minds...

Elizebeth Smith Friedman (spelled that way by her mother, who reportedly disliked the name ‘Eliza’) was born the youngest of 9 children in 1892. From a young age it was clear the girl was bright, displaying an impressive talent for languages. She wanted to go to college, so badly that she borrowed the money from...

It seems as if some people have terrible luck – worse than most, and more often than most – while others seem to sail through life avoiding all of the tripping hazards and mud puddles along the way. These 15 people below are definitely the former, and we’ve got the photographs to prove it. #15....