Even the most dedicated feline lovers agree that cats are weird: Cats freak out over cucumbers, slumber all day and walk all over you while you sleep. Below I’ve provided answers the most common questions about why cats are so darn weird, hopefully demystifying your four-legged furry friends for you.

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With the holidays just around the corner, friends and lovers have started rubbing their brain cells together to decide what to mail their sweethearts for Christmas. But some people have recommended that you mail your sweetie an orange with the message: “Orange you glad that I’m part of your life?”…

While sitting in a Genoese jail cell, Marco Polo dictated his life story to Rustichello da Pisa, a 13th-century romance writer. Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant, and explorer had a lot to tell. …

I hear the mantra all the time: Network, network, network. That usually means going to dry networking events attended by people who you know nothing about, and with whom you have nothing in common. It’s like a really awkward first date.

I recommend a different approach. Find what you love…

With more than 300 Medium articles to my name, I decided to undertake an ambitious task.

In one set of files, I would capture the text of each article in Word document by topic (i.e., articles on psychology in one document, and articles on humor in another, etc.)

In another…

Bathymetry is the measurement of depth of water in oceans, seas or lakes. That strange-sounding science — bathymetry — is very important to your daily life, whether you are a lawyer, economist or construction worker. (Don’t worry, there’s a historical perspective here too, so stay tuned.)

For example, say you…