John Bardinelli
John Bardinelli
Author, Writer, Possibly Some Other Things
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The Origin of the Genie in the Lamp

How did 4,500 year old demons turn into blue guys singing songs about friendship? It took a few thousand years of city conquering and myth twisting to divorce the old from the new, but thanks to pop culture (and the French), the ancient and terrifying creatures of the desert became docile cartoon characters and spunky […]

Dibs, sheep, and really old Hebrew words

Everybody’s called it. Everybody’s contested it. Everybody’s also eaten it, played games with it, read about it, and even bought chocolate milk with it. Dibs is more than a quick way to stake a claim on something, it’s an old word with some surprisingly twisted origins. Dibs as we didn’t know it Dibs appeared in […]

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The Ancient Board Game 20 Squares

Not much of a name for one of the oldest board games ever discovered, is it? 20 Squares is closely related to the Game of Ur, Senet and Asseb, and may be little more than a variation of those games. It predates the earliest versions of chess by nearly 3,000 years, with the oldest find […]

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How much do humans weigh compared to other animals?

Humans win Earth’s evolution trophy. Some animals go for size, speed, or camouflage to make it to the top. We went with brains, and it totally worked. Proof: A human is writing this blog post, not a tapir. Take that, every other animal. Just because we’re “a-ok number one species” doesn’t mean we win in […]

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