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What’s the use for that little fifth pocket that all jeans seem to come with?

What’s the use for that little fifth pocket that all jeans seem to come with?

How you can make the most out of it Introduced by Levi Strauss & Co in 1873, the 150 year old fifth pocket on your jeans isn’t just a quirky little addition to your trousers. Before getting into anything, it’s important to know the history behind why jeans exist in the first place, beginning where […]

2 weeks ago

Why do we get goosebumps and where do they come from?

Why do we get goosebumps and where do they come from?

What do these little bumps that flare up on your skin actually do We’ve all experienced it, the natural flight-or-fight mechanism that flickers through our arms and onto the back of our necks, but what is its actual purpose and where does it come from? Sometimes they pop-up due to fright, sometimes when it’s chilly, […]

2 weeks ago

BBC perfectly dissects No 10’s Christmas party sh*tshow in five minutes

BBC perfectly dissects No 10’s Christmas party sh*tshow in five minutes

BBC’s Ros Atkins delivers a perfect account of Downing Street’s back-pedalling waffle over Christmas party scandal The BBC‘s Ros Atkin, known for his work on explainers, Outside Source and a number of other projects, recently delivered a delightfully comprehensive and clinical five-minute segment in which he picked apart No 10‘s Christmas party debacle. In just […]

5 years ago