DeAnna Kerley

DeAnna Kerley

DeAnna Kerley is a writer from Charleston, South Carolina and never leaves home without her Moleskine. She has written for various publications, including Charleston City Paper and The Daily Pennsylvanian. When she’s not knee-deep in Joan Didion books, she can be found channeling her inner 90s rapper with her favorite Biggie Smalls album. Follow her @deannakerley.

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Having an evil twin can be a drag. They run around causing mischief and often trying to steal their innocent twin’s identity. Thankfully for us, when it comes to the realm of fiction, it's easy to tell the good twin apart from the evil one: by their hair.

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From reality TV shows to The Beach Boys’ croons of Aruba and Jamaica, references to honeymoons are everywhere. But where did the term "honeymoon" first come from?

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If you’ve got a receding hairline, don’t be so quick to blame it on your baseball caps or your grandpa.

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Winter is officially here, and for those of you at more northern latitudes, you know what that means: snow and ice. And while walking in a winter wonderland is certainly wonderful, slipping and sliding can mean some nasty injuries.

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Birthday cakes have been a tradition since the Ancient Romans were around, and celebrating someone’s birth with a delicious pastry seems pretty logical. But have you ever wondered who the first pyromaniac was to light a cake on fire?

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Mind reading used to belong to the realms of sci-fi books and comic strips. But in 2011, a team of scientists from UC Berkeley discovered a way to construct YouTube videos from a viewer’s brain activity.

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There’s only one thing in this world shaped like an egg. Not exactly spherical, not exactly an oval, it’s kind of hard to describe what an egg looks like. “Asymmetric tapered oval”? Sure, why not.

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