May 19, 2026
About 46 CE the Roman physician Scribonius wrote that standing on an electric ray was an effective way to relieve the pain caused by gout. The ray’s electricity produced numbness in the leg. This is widely recognized as the first form of electrotherapy.
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What the Stanford Prison Experiment Taught Us
In August of 1971, Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo of Stanford University in California conducted what is widely considered one of the most influential experiments in social psychology to date. Made into a New York Times best seller in 2007 (The Lucifer Effect) and a major motion picture in 2015 (The
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How does the number of Americans with a college degree compare to those with criminal records? -
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When did Europeans first sail around the southern coast of Africa? -
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What happens to the Moon when you travel past the Equator? -
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What massively popular song was based on a linguistic mix-up?