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Jason is Editor in Chief of LifeSavvy, How-To Geek's sister site focused on helping people live their best life through tips, tricks, and advice on everything from parenting to career building.  Prior to that, he was the Founding Editor of Review Geek, another How-To Geek sister site focused on consumer products and services. Jason has over a decade of experience in publishing and has penned thousands of articles during his time at LifeSavvy, Review Geek, How-To Geek, and Lifehacker. In addition to his current duties as Editor in Chief of LifeSavvy, he's an Editorial Advisor on How To-Geek's editorial board where he helps direct the growth and vision of the How-To Geek family. He's also the site's resident trivia expert---relentlessly poring over research and publications in search of the bizarre to amaze and delight 365 days a year.

He's been in love with technology since his earliest memories of writing simple computer programs with his grandfather, but his tech writing career took shape back in 2007 when he joined the Lifehacker team as their very first intern. After cutting his teeth on tech writing at Lifehacker and working his way up, he left as Weekend Editor and transferred over to How-To Geek in 2010. With years of awesome fun, writing, and hardware-modding antics at How-To Geek under his belt, Jason helped launch How-To Geek's sister site Review Geek in 2017. In 2019, he stepped back from his role at Review Geek to focus all his energy on LifeSavvy.

In addition to the long run as a tech writer and editor, Jason spent over a decade as a college instructor doing his best to teach a generation of English students that there's more to success than putting your pants on one leg at a time and writing five paragraph essays. While his days of steering students towards greatness are behind him, his lifelong desire to delight, entertain, and inform lives on with his work for How-To Geek and Review Geek.

If you're looking for him after hours, he's probably four search queries and twenty obscenities deep in a DIY project or entranced by the limitless exploration possibilities of some open-world game or another. He loves long walks on virtual beaches, playing worker placement board games with inconsequential themes, and spending time with his wife, daughter, and highly opinionated dog Cricket.

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All of the characters in The Simpsons have four fingers on each hand except for the cartoon portrayal of God, who has five (while never explained, it may be a subtle nod to the five-fingered animators that created the Simpsons universe).

All of the characters in The Simpsons have four fingers on each hand except for the cartoon portrayal of God, who has five (while never explained, it may be a subtle nod to the five-fingered animators that created the Simpso...

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Although Humpty Dumpty has been portrayed as an anthropomorphized egg for centuries now, the original nursery rhyme text makes no mention of what Humpty Dumpty actually is.

Although Humpty Dumpty has been portrayed as an anthropomorphized egg for centuries now, the original nursery rhyme text makes no mention of what Humpty Dumpty actually is.

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During World War II, the U.S. Navy operated two aircraft carriers in the Great Lakes for the purposes of training exercises.

During World War II, the U.S. Navy operated two aircraft carriers in the Great Lakes for the purposes of training exercises.

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The only point where the Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales converge is at -40 degrees when the same absolute temperature is designated by identical numbers on both scales.

The only point where the Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales converge is at -40 degrees when the same absolute temperature is designated by identical numbers on both scales.

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When wolves howl together, they harmonize rather than chorus on the same note in order to create the illusion that there are more wolves in the pack.

When wolves howl together, they harmonize rather than chorus on the same note in order to create the illusion that there are more wolves in the pack.

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The Sentinelese, a tribal group occupying North Sentinel Island located off the coast of India, are believed to have lived in the Andaman Islands for 60,000 years and have refused contact with all outsiders.

The Sentinelese, a tribal group occupying North Sentinel Island located off the coast of India, are believed to have lived in the Andaman Islands for 60,000 years and have refused contact with all outsiders....

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The Energizer Bunny is only seen in America because Duracell failed to renew their U.S. trademark for a ‘battery bunny’ and Energizer snatched it up; elsewhere in the world, Duracell still advertises with a bunny.

The Energizer Bunny is only seen in America because Duracell failed to renew their U.S. trademark for a ‘battery bunny’ and Energizer snatched it up; elsewhere in the world, Duracell still advertises with a bunny....

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Every single game in the 1863 World Checker Championship ended in a draw; curiously, over half of the games played were, move-for-move, identical.

Every single game in the 1863 World Checker Championship ended in a draw; curiously, over half of the games played were, move-for-move, identical.

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Despite how highly flammable straw is, bales of straw are actually fire resistant thanks to their tightly packed construction. It’s difficult for fire to consume the bales in the absence of large openings between the individual stems.

Despite how highly flammable straw is, bales of straw are actually fire resistant thanks to their tightly packed construction. It’s difficult for fire to consume the bales in the absence of large openings between the in...

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Orson Welles’ last acting job before his death in 1985 was to provide the voice for Unicron, the planet-size robot, for the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie.

Orson Welles’ last acting job before his death in 1985 was to provide the voice for Unicron, the planet-size robot, for the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie.

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The only zodiac sign represented by an inanimate object is Libra (The Scales).

The only zodiac sign represented by an inanimate object is Libra (The Scales).

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The term sardine does not refer to a specific fish, but instead to over a dozen species of small oily fish that are typically grilled, pickled, smoked, or canned.

The term sardine does not refer to a specific fish, but instead to over a dozen species of small oily fish that are typically grilled, pickled, smoked, or canned.

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Jim Carrey’s chipped tooth in Dumb & Dumber isn’t a theatrical effect; Carrey had the cap covering his actual chipped tooth removed for the filming.

Jim Carrey’s chipped tooth in Dumb & Dumber isn’t a theatrical effect; Carrey had the cap covering his actual chipped tooth removed for the filming.
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