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  • What Elizabeth Bennett Can Teach Us about Laughter

    What Elizabeth Bennett Can Teach Us about Laughter0

    Last summer a friend and I made an interesting discovery: we both have “unsocialized laughs.” At least, that’s what another friend bluntly told us. This friend went on to assure us that his observation was not intended as an insult… but we both remain unsure if it really qualifies as a compliment. Regardless, it is

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  • What Early Feminists Meant by ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’

    What Early Feminists Meant by ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’0

    The phrase “equal pay for equal work” is in play again, with an intended meaning we all know. The idea is that government should force (really force, this time) private employers to boost the pay of women to match the rate of men in the same positions. It’s a bad idea; more than that, the

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  • What Early Christian Hermits Can Teach Us About Being Alone

    What Early Christian Hermits Can Teach Us About Being Alone0

    In today’s world, loneliness seems to have reached epidemic proportions. Countless studies have highlighted the serious and negative impact that loneliness has on our health, our sense of well-being, and our ability to thrive in an increasingly chaotic world. Most recently, the urgency of the problem led the U.K. to appoint a minister for loneliness.

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  • What Drove Last Year’s Biggest Population Growth in US History

    What Drove Last Year’s Biggest Population Growth in US History2

    Immigration is behind the biggest annual population increase in the history of the United States, according to an independent research firm. “US population grew +3.8M in 2023 – the largest one-year increase in US history,” tweeted Eric Finnigan of John Burns Research and Consulting (JBREC) earlier this month. “The surge is likely short-lived as its

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  • What Does the Government Buy on Its Year-End Spending Spree? Here’s What Made the List.

    What Does the Government Buy on Its Year-End Spending Spree? Here’s What Made the List.0

    The month of September marks the end of the fiscal year and the beginning of the federal government’s annual spending frenzy. Federal agencies scramble to spend what’s left in their budgets, in fear that leaving excess funds will prompt Congress to send less in the following year. We call it “use it or lose it”

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  • What does Liquid Nitrogen do to Your Face?

    What does Liquid Nitrogen do to Your Face?0

    What do you do when it’s Friday afternoon and you’ve ran out of ideas to write about? You go to Youtube!  Sure enough, after scrolling through a few dozen videos I was able to find something that looked cool enough to share with Intellectual Takeout readers.  Grant Thompson (aka “The King of Random”) makes weekly videos that

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