(1) Common Misconceptions: What are common activities people get wrong every day but don't know it? - Quora

(1) Common Misconceptions: What are common activities people get wrong every day but don't know it? - Quora

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Food

You crack eggs wrong:
You make scrambled eggs wrong:
You peel hard boiled eggs wrong:

You peel bananas wrong:


You peel potatoes wrong:

You eat chicken wings wrong:

You eat cupcakes wrong:

You boil water wrong:

You reheat leftover pizza wrong:
You make grilled cheese sandwiches wrong:

You make mac & cheese wrong:
(straight from the mac & cheese experts at Homeroom in Oakland!)

Lots more food examples at CHOW's YouTube Playlist, "You're Doing It All Wrong"


The Rest

You throw a football wrong:
You take your shirt off wrong:

You fold shirts wrong:

You tie shoes wrong:
No, you tie laces wrong: (or rather, don't tie them at all)

You pop pimples wrong:

You coil cords wrong:

You dry your hands wrong:

You pack suitcases wrong:

You fold fitted sheets wrong:

You position your car's side mirrors wrong:

You talk to police wrong (rather, don't talk at all):

You tie a tie wrong (rather, too slowly):

You use disposable razors wrong (rather, stop throwing them out):

You beat box wrong:

You put on your duvet cover wrong:

Attempts to stay anonymous on the web will only put the NSA on your trail

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/11/anonymous-web-nsa-trail-janet-vertesi

Fussy eaters – how to get your child to try nutritious food

While it's clearly important to supervise your children's diet, the trick is to be as covert about it as possible

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/may/06/fussy-eaters-child-nutritious-diet

• a paper published this year in the journal Appetite showed
  that children whose parents used restrictive feeding practices were more
  likely to fill their
  boots when allowed five minutes' access to forbidden foods.
• overt restriction, whereby the children know there's ice-cream in the
  freezer, and crisps in the snack cupboard, but they aren't allowed them,
  is unhelpful. It will most likely lead to kids fixating on these foods
  and wanting them really badly.
• covert restriction, on the other hand, is OK. This is where there are no
  palatable snacks (as the scientists call them) in the home, so there are
  no forbidden fruits to desire and feel resentful about being denied.
• When a parent is telling a child how much to eat," says Ventura,
  "they're not allowing the child to learn how to control their own
  eating." The academic literature implies that constantly telling kids
  how much they need to eat will diminish their ability to regulate their
  own intake by eating when hungry and stopping when full. "The child gets
  the message that their internal cues aren't important and external cues
  are important,"
• Furthermore, attempting to increase veg intake through bribery with
  pudding will also unhelpfully associate greens with chores and booby
  prizes in the child's eyes, while bigging up pudding as the best thing
  ever.
• the ideas of dietitian Ellyn Satter :
  (http://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/) division of responsibility:
  things that the parent can and should
  control and things the child can and should control. Parents can
  determine what food is offered (preferably an array of healthy foods),
  and when and where to eat – setting the structure and routine of meal
  times. Children can determine whether or not they want to eat and how
  much. If they don't want to eat very much, tell them that it's their
  choice and it's OK to eat in response to hunger and fullness cues, but
  if they don't eat at this meal, there isn't anything else coming until
  the next one – and hold them to it.
• 
  

How big-hearted babies turn into selfish monsters | Life and style | The Observer

How big-hearted babies turn into selfish monsters | Life and style | The Observer

To Remember a Lecture Better, Take Notes by Hand

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/to-remember-a-lecture-better-take-notes-by-hand/361478/

A new study—conducted by Mueller and Oppenheimer—finds that people remember lectures better when they’ve taken handwritten notes, rather than typed ones. 

might be the key to their findings: Take notes by hand, and you have to process information as well as write it down. That initial selectivity leads to long-term comprehension.

Risk of nuclear accidents is rising, says report on near-misses | World news | theguardian.com

Risk of nuclear accidents is rising, says report on near-misses | World news | theguardian.com

Firstborn children really do excel, reveals groundbreaking study

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/26/firstborn-children-excel-study-reveals

We may not go to church, but we still need the rituals of Christianity

People have always needed a place to go to give solace. And when my sister died, that place was a church

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/25/church-rituals-christianity-uk

Will you read this article about terms and conditions? You really should do | Robert Glancy | Comment is free | theguardian.com

Will you read this article about terms and conditions? You really should do | Robert Glancy | Comment is free | theguardian.com

The wide awake club: fighting insomni

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/19/tips-to-combat-insomnia

Capitalism simply isn't working and here are the reasons why

Capitalism simply isn't working and here are the reasons why Economist Thomas Piketty's message is bleak: the gap between rich and poor threatens to destroy us

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/12/capitalism-isnt-working-thomas-piketty

Salivary 'carb breakdown' gene linked to obesity, study shows

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/30/salivary-carb-breakdown-gene-obesity-study

Kristen Stewart, cute kids and death: how headlines try to hook you in | Media | theguardian.com

Kristen Stewart, cute kids and death: how headlines try to hook you in | Media | theguardian.com

No-makeup selfies on Facebook won't beat cancer alone | Sali Hughes | Comment is free | theguardian.com

No-makeup selfies on Facebook won't beat cancer alone | Sali Hughes | Comment is free | theguardian.com

Hands on with Wello, the heart monitoring iPhone case - in pictures | Technology | theguardian.com

Hands on with Wello, the heart monitoring iPhone case - in pictures | Technology | theguardian.com

Phone call metadata does betray sensitive details about your life – study | Technology | theguardian.com

Phone call metadata does betray sensitive details about your life – study | Technology | theguardian.com

Drilling for Certainty: The Latest in Fracking Health Studies - Scientific American

Drilling for Certainty: The Latest in Fracking Health Studies - Scientific American

Titanfall: prepare for the revolution | VG247

Titanfall: prepare for the revolution | VG247

25 things you might not know about the web on its 25th birthday | Technology | The Observer

25 things you might not know about the web on its 25th birthday | Technology | The Observer

George Packer: Is Amazon Bad for Books? : The New Yorker

George Packer: Is Amazon Bad for Books? : The New Yorker