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2018Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for tea (qz.com)
798 points across 2 posts | 1 year ago with 3 comments
2016The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the richest (qz.com)
718 points across 2 posts | 5 years ago with 255 comments
2016The highest paid workers in Silicon Valley are product managers (qz.com)
479 points | 6 years ago with 351 comments
2018Google can use Bluetooth to track phones even with Bluetooth turned off (qz.com)
247 points | 4 years ago with 122 comments
2014Everyone on Earth is your cousin (qz.com)
226 points across 2 posts | 10 months ago with 53 comments
2017Google's true origin: NSA research grants for mass surveillance (qz.com)
221 points across 3 posts | 2 years ago with 5 comments
2013Google admits brainteasers were useless for hiring (qz.com)
179 points | 6 years ago with 151 comments
2013High-end art is one of the most manipulated markets (qz.com)
173 points | 6 years ago with 146 comments
2016Half of all adults in the world have less than $2,300 in wealth (qz.com)
160 points | 6 years ago with 211 comments
2016How do we know when we’ve fallen in love? (qz.com)
157 points | 5 years ago with 102 comments
2017Almost every speed limit is too low (qz.com)
135 points | 5 years ago with 204 comments
2014Why Asians wear surgical masks in public (qz.com)
122 points | 5 years ago with 102 comments
2016Your Kickstarter idea on sale in China before you’ve finished funding it (qz.com)
111 points | 6 years ago with 54 comments
2017To solve problems caused by sitting, learn to squat (qz.com)
109 points | 4 years ago with 59 comments
2016Indigenous community built a DIY drone to fight off illegal loggers (qz.com)
108 points | 6 years ago with 10 comments
2015The strangest time zones in the world (qz.com)
96 points | 3 years ago with 56 comments
2016Police in the US shoot dogs so often, an expert calls it an “epidemic” (qz.com)
90 points | 3 years ago with 91 comments
2015Mast Brothers: $10 a bar for crappy hipster chocolate (qz.com)
90 points | 5 years ago with 66 comments
2018The Amish have negotiated a pact with modernity (qz.com)
89 points | 3 years ago with 135 comments
2015A man who invented lithium-ion battery at 57 has an idea for a new one at 92 (qz.com)
80 points | 2 years ago with 55 comments
2016The unexpected rule of adjectival ordering in English (qz.com)
78 points | 3 years ago with 101 comments
2017The world is sitting on a $400T financial time bomb (qz.com)
74 points | 5 years ago with 102 comments
2017Something weird happens to companies when they hit 150 people (qz.com)
72 points | 1 year ago with 40 comments
2015If nearly 40% of Americans aren’t working, what are they doing? (qz.com)
56 points | 4 years ago with 97 comments
2017The quest to create quality chocolate for a country obsessed with Cadbury (qz.com)
53 points | 2 years ago with 85 comments
2016One programmer broke the internet by deleting a tiny piece of code (qz.com)
48 points across 2 posts | 10 months ago with 4 comments
2018The idea that everything is conscious is gaining academic credibility (qz.com)
41 points | 3 years ago with 49 comments
2016Information overload is part of Maslow's hierarchy of needs (qz.com)
24 points | 2 years ago with 4 comments

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