Most businesses fail within a few years. Even the most successful companies rarely survive more than a century. Wars, economic crises, technological revolutions, and changing consumer tastes have destroyed countless businesses throughout history. Yet a remarkable handful have sur ...Show more
Questions and Answers: Volume 47
In 1964, two students at Pomona College in California, Laurie Mets and Bruce Elgin, jokingly attempted to prove that the number 47 appeared in nature more frequently than chance would predict. They began collecting examples, and statistics professor Donald Bentley contributed a d ...Show more
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Everything can be misunderstood –– even sea anemones. In this episode of Thick & Thin, we see how a change in perspective can lead to newfound truths and discoveries; and how maybe not everything we learned from our history textbooks is true. Thanks to our sponsors! Right now, yo ...Show more