Our Brains Demand Certain Word Orders

by Kevin Burton    If you start talking about the fauna and flora of a certain environment, people are going to be weirded out. Why?    Well, we usually say flora and fauna, not the other way around. Is there a good reason for this? Maybe not, but don’t buck the trend, unless weirdness is …

The Psychology Of Color Determines A Lot

by Melanie Davis-McAfee interrestingfacts.com    Most of us are familiar with common color-themed turns of phrase, such as “feeling blue” when we’re sad, “seeing red” when we’re angry, or “being green” with envy.    Phrases such as these can be traced back to a scientifically substantiated phenomenon known as color psychology, a practice that has …