~Money & Business~

From blowing up a balloon to screaming into a Japanese shouting vase, science vouches for these surprising stress killers.

Explore the archetypal ways lottery winners end up down and out, through eight real stories.

Psychologists are starting to better understand our ability to delay gratification and resist temptation in favor of long-term goals.

It’s no secret that middle management and higher often do little to no work around the office. Aspire for greatness.

It's better to have quit than to have been fired. Look out for these signs that definitely mean your company wants you gone.

Everything you need to know to become a master connector and earn the gratitude of your professional peers.

We like to think we're smart about estimating value, but the reality isn't so pretty.

Completely useless ideas and inventions that still made a ton of money thanks to a gullible public and great marketing.

Necessity is the mother of invention, but this list proves that sometimes the best inventions are created by accident …or maybe fate?

We all have to start somewhere, and sometimes that somewhere is Hike Master at an Indian burial ground.

Advertising is a Mad Men world minus anything that can conceivably offend someone. It wasn't always that boring.

These disappointments and dropouts found their passions and used them as fuel to achieve incredible things.

Serious people in expensive suits looked at each other and agreed; we're gonna make baby food for adults and make a killing.

An echo chamber inside Pepsi led by "disruptive" exec Brad Jakeman is responsible for what's being called history's worst commercial.

The Vanderbilts were arguably the most prominent family of the Gilded Age, but time has slowly eroded their fortune and legacy.

Sometimes your typical two weeks notice just won't do...

We all have financially backward relatives, but this story about a dad tricked into a become-a-billionaire-quick scheme is a doozy.

It was sexytime on the high seas, in the comfort of your own home. Everyone wanted one. And then *poof*—gone.

Body language is more important than spoken words. We explain the science + demonstrate a hypothetical job interview.

Expert tips for dealing with an irritating or straight-up-insane overlord.

You’ve grown to learn that different isn’t always good, but did you ever think it could be profitable?

And no, I'm not about to suggest cooking meth.

What these attorneys lack in class, dignity, acting skills, and professionalism, they make up for with catchy nicknames and explosions.

Why is it that people who travel by horse and buggy succeed at a rate that leaves the rest of us in the dust?

Whether it’s poor acting or ridiculous dialogue, local commercials are sometimes so bad they are unintentionally hilarious.

How do you double a Yugo's value? Just fill the tank.

Many Burger King campaigns try to toe the line between creepy and creative. Sometimes they go a little bit too far.

Shout-outs to the people who struck me as the most interesting (and annoying) (and creepy) during my career as a dildo salesperson.