If you’ve ever had to follow directions while driving, you’ve probably ended up flustered or confused when you come across a road or street that has more than one name. Chestnut Street can become Loblolly Street before going back to being Chestnut Street; Whippoorwill Lane can morph into Hoot Owl Drive; Buckeystown Pike is also…

Saltwater is obviously wet. And we eat things with salt in them all the time. So why can’t we drink saltwater? It isn’t really because of germs (though that’d also be a valid reason). It’s mainly because…well, it’s salty. Sodium is the main element in salt, but salt isn’t inherently bad for you. It’s actually…

You’ve probably had questions about your clothes before, like “Why are shirt buttons on different sides for men & women? (Because, historically, women didn’t dress themselves.) Or why do my jeans have a tiny pocket? (To hold your pocket watch, duh.) But, while both of those points are relics of a different time, nowadays if…

Whenever you set a washing machine for a specific load type, the machine will usually tell you how much time it’ll take to complete the wash cycle. Yet, while it may say 50 minutes, an hour on & the washer will still be spinning out before finally signaling that it’s done about five minutes later.…