This Three-Year-Old Is Smarter Than You

A three-year-old just became Arizona's youngest Mensa member after she memorized world geography and taught herself Spanish.

A three-year-old just became Arizona's youngest Mensa member after she memorized world geography and taught herself Spanish.

Ruh-roh, Kim Jong-Il is sick, what happens when he dies? Hell if we know!! And will we truly know tomorrow or whenever this guy gets back to the executive assistant charged with Explainer-ing it for Slate? Not really! As literary Tumblrer Keith Gessen pointed out while trying to make sense of the whole Ossetia mess,…
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