• Facts5 Effective Ways To Sound Smarter

    5 Effective Ways To Sound Smarter

    Not all those intelligent are smart and not all smart people are intelligent. Knowledge is important, but sometimes pretending to know might do the job as well. As the phrase goes, ‘Fake it till you make it.’ The great aphorist WH Auden once said. But, the million-dollar question is “How do you sound smart?” Most of the answer lies in…

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    Wit: It’s Not Funny

    Winston Churchill was once confronted by Nancy Astor, a British politician, at the breakfast table. When Nancy remarked, “If I were your wife, I’d poison your coffee.”, it made Churchill come up with one of the world’s most famous retorts- “If I were your husband, I’d gladly drink it.” This is wit. Over the years, we have grown to associate…

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    The Grim Lancaster Castle Of The Hanging Town

    With bricks of war, oppression, aggression, and romance, castles were built in the past. Today, several of those flood the country of Britain, each with its own well-known, unknown, or ill-known history. Castles are an identity of the living history of the world that we never got to see. They are symbols of culture and heritage. With stories hidden behind…

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  • FactsWhat Actually Happens When You Do Puzzles? (5 Outcomes)

    What Actually Happens When You Do Puzzles? (5 Outcomes)

    Most 4-year-olds at some point would have sat down with their parents during a weekend to complete the 50-piece animal jigsaw-puzzle that some cousin’s aunt’s grandmother’s daughter’s son gifted them. But, slowly most of these children outgrow puzzles unaware of the benefits of solving them. Lastly, as adults, we completely dissociate ourselves from jigsaw-puzzle challenges except for maybe sitting with…

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  • FactsHow To Read A Book?

    How To Read A Book?

    About a year ago, the famous 86-year-old author, Ruskin Bond said, “India could soon have more writers than readers.” So the question remains: how to read a book? If you are reading 20 books in a year, you are still reading much more than an average person. An average person according to studies reads about 15-16 books in 365 and a quarter days. This…

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