Silhouette – The Man Erased from History

From A Better Question. Étienne de Silhouette is a man so thoroughly erased from history that only his name remains. His enemies twisted his name into a joke to mock him, and used it so often it became a synonym for "ridiculous". It also became a word used in 7 languages. It’s a name you…

Fact-checking for Russians about the war in Ukraine #shorts

From A Better Question. It turns out google reviews still works in Moscow, Russia. Putin hasn’t banned google yet, so this is possible…hypothetically. EDIT: Google reviews is down, but here are other methods to combat Russian disinformation and inform the Russian people about the reality of this conflict: Geo-located Dating Apps/sites —– set up a…

The Plastics Crisis – Preview

From A Better Question. Some quick facts on how we’re slowly covering the Earth with plastic. Including what’s happened to all the plastic we’ve created so far, how the "great pacific garbage patch" only contains about 1% of the plastic in the ocean, and how much plastic we produce every year. Preview for the next…

Is anyone self-made? #shorts

From A Better Question. Business magazines say 88% of millionaires are self-made, and Forbes says 60% of the Forbes 400 are self-made, but neither are true. That 88% is the number of millionaires who self-identify as self-made (millionaires also commonly think they’re in the middle class…), and only 35% of Forbes list come from backgrounds…

The Forbes 400 and the self-made wealth score #shorts

From A Better Question. After criticism for declaring Kylie Jenner the youngest "self-made" billionaire, Forbes created a self-made wealth scale which categorizes the worlds wealthiest people from 1-10: 1-5 inherited their wealth, 6-10 made it themselves. Supposedly. Forbes declares 69.5% of the 400 richest Americans are "self-made". Yet on closer inspection the categories are so…