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8 Coffee Myths That Seem To Be True: The 8th One Will Shock You!
My Love Story with Coffee Born in Mumbai, Western India, I was always a tea toddler in my younger days. My liking for coffee was developed in my early teens when I started going for group studies with my college friends.
By Kavi Kamat5 years ago in FYI
Cigar King and Four Reasons Why
For the longest time it has been lead by popular opinion that the best cigars come from Cuba. To each is own as everyone is entitled to their specific taste of the unique dried and fermented tobacco leaf. Although Cuba does produce a plethora of flavorful cigars, the undisputed king of recent has been none other than Nicaragua. Bordering between Costa Rica and Honduras inside of Central America, theses are the "Four Reasons Why" Nicaragua holds title for the world's best cigars.
By Ace Howell5 years ago in FYI
Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend.
A good slogan was created in 1947 that has stuck around for decades. After many unsuccessful attempts to produce a great slogan for De Beers, Frances Gerety, a copywriter at an advertising agency, before heading home scrawled ‘A diamond is forever’ on the bottom of a picture of two honeymooning lovers. It had humble beginnings, but the campaign became the most recognized slogan of the 20th century, and ninety percent of Americans know it. ‘A Diamond is forever’ became the official slogan of De Beers.
By DEEPAK SETHI5 years ago in FYI
Support your Screenwriters
Every movie you've ever seen has someone behind the scenes, the person that made the movie possible. Some of them you've heard of like David Crane, the writer and a producer of the show "Friends" which started in 1994. We also have Jennifer Michelle, the writer of Frozen and its sequel, the first movie earning her an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Yet, even with these two writers, typically their names aren't in big bold letters in the credits like the cast, supporting cast, and producers. In some cases, this is wrong, I know, especially with animated films. Yes, the screenwriter is in the credits, but I feel they should be one of the first few names on it, even if most people don't stay until the end. For screenwriters, I feel like it would make them happier to be up higher, though this is also personal opinion, however they deserve it, much like the rest who made it happen.
By Marie Devou5 years ago in FYI
Why break the mould when you can smash it?
I’m going to ask you, if I may, to cast your minds back. If you’re a Gen Z reader then I’m going to ask you to cast your minds way back to the Biblical times. 2007. Take a deep breath. Picture it. The prestigious magazine Vanity Fair has just shocked the world with an article by the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens. Now, I greatly admire Mr Hitchens’ wide body of work but this, it must be said, was not his finest hour. The article, which he no doubt thought was a very thorough and meticulous example of journalism, was entitled “Why Women Aren’t Funny.”
By Morgan Buswell5 years ago in FYI
The Depressing Idea of Hanlon's Razor
Philosophy is a fun topic. Within philosophical discourse, there's a tool known as a "razor." In particular, Hanlon's Razor states that one should never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. It is one of many "razors" that exist in philosophical discussion, the most well known of which is probably Occam's razor, though there are many others.
By Daniel Goldman5 years ago in FYI
If you like Broad City, then you’ll love Pen15.
In a similar fashion to a lot of people in 2014 I fell in love with the T.V. show Broad City. At first I wasn’t quite sure what exactly drew me to the show, but like a moth to light I didn’t care, I just knew I needed it. Ilana and Abbi’s chaotically wonderful friendship came to me in a particularly poignant time in my life. I was graduating high school, going to college and I wanted more female friends. I had girlfriends and best friends but I never had that. By that, I mean the hedonistic, coming of age, sloppily bare it all, “chiquitita tell me what’s wrong” relationship with another woman.
By Morgan Dupart5 years ago in FYI
Now VS. Then
Recalling those high school days we all know the feeling of when EVERYTHING was so earth-shatteringly important, and yet so fleeting at the same. Whether you despised high school or would die to live those days again we all have a palpable memory from that time.
By Tia Thingss5 years ago in FYI
