Christianity: (or Religion) Listverse sets forth 10 common misconceptions about Hinduism. (See also the Wikipedia on Hinduism -- the two sources do not agree on every point.)
Listverse also sets forth 10 common misconceptions about Jews.
Computing: National Public Radio reports on storage of information in arrangements of individual atoms. Potentially, our hard discs, thumb drives, etc., could be superseded.
Education: Wikipedia articles (here and here) on the development of a written Cherokee language, in about 1820, by a Native American named Sequoyah. His system of symbols made it easier to teach reading and writing than the symbols most of us use today.
Finance: John Wesley's sermon on "The Use of Money."
Food: National Public Radio reports on the discovery that cockroach milk is very nutritious.
Politics: (Not really. but I don't have a category for this.) Two young women are hitchhiking across Europe with a sofa (!) in an attempt to help refugees.
Wired reports that your political posts on Facebook or Twitter don't change anyone's mind.
Science: Listverse reports on 10 mysteries involving spiders.
And Listverse also reports on 10 amazing things that 10 species of animals can do.
National Public Radio reports on some very old sharks (like more than two centuries, at least.)
NPR alsoreports on why sunflowers follow the sun. ("Follow" means that the flowers turn toward the sun throughout the day).
And NPR reports that earthworms really do enrich soil.
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