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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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Your left lung is a little smaller than your right lung in order to accommodate your heart.

Your left lung is a little smaller than your right lung in order to accommodate your heart.

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Nintendo Power, Nintendo’s gaming strategy magazine, was in publication for 24 years (1988-2012) with 285 issues.

Nintendo Power, Nintendo’s gaming strategy magazine, was in publication for 24 years (1988-2012) with 285 issues.

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The term “tycoon,” a very wealthy or powerful business person, is derived from the Japanese term “taikun,” a title used by powerful Shoguns.

The term “tycoon,” a very wealthy or powerful business person, is derived from the Japanese term “taikun,” a title used by powerful Shoguns.

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In 2004, Wizards of the Coast released a satirical Magic the Gathering expansion called Unhinged that included the card: “Our Market Research Shows That Players Like Really Long Card Names So We Made This Card to Have the Absolute Longest Card Name Ever Elemental”

In 2004, Wizards of the Coast released a satirical Magic the Gathering expansion called Unhinged that included the card: “Our Market Research Shows That Players Like Really Long Card Names So We Made This Card to Have...

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Moth larvae, not the actual moths, are the ones responsible for eating holes in fabric.

Moth larvae, not the actual moths, are the ones responsible for eating holes in fabric.

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Duffel bags derive their name from Duffel, a town in Flanders, Belgium where the durable cloth they’re made out of was originally woven.

Duffel bags derive their name from Duffel, a town in Flanders, Belgium where the durable cloth they’re made out of was originally woven.

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Unlike walnuts, pistachios, and other popular nuts, you’ll never find cashews sold in their shells since the shells contain high levels of cashew shell oil, a natural resin that is closely related to urushiol, the oily irritant found in poison ivy leaves.

Unlike walnuts, pistachios, and other popular nuts, you’ll never find cashews sold in their shells since the shells contain high levels of cashew shell oil, a natural resin that is closely related to urushiol, the oily ...

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If you think your cat’s ears are particularly expressive, you’re not imagining it. Each of a cat’s ears has 32 unique muscles that both help control it for pinpoint accurate hearing as well as expressing a wide range of emotions.

If you think your cat’s ears are particularly expressive, you’re not imagining it. Each of a cat’s ears has 32 unique muscles that both help control it for pinpoint accurate hearing as well as expressing a ...

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The fastest long distance runners in the world hail from the Kenyan tribe known as the Kalenjin; since the 1980s, roughly 40 percent of the world’s top medals for distance running have been won by members of the tribe.

The fastest long distance runners in the world hail from the Kenyan tribe known as the Kalenjin; since the 1980s, roughly 40 percent of the world’s top medals for distance running have been won by members of the tribe....

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Sean Parker, one of the two individuals who created quite a stir around 2000 with their music sharing service Napster, went on to work for music streaming service Spotify to broker deals with major record companies.

Sean Parker, one of the two individuals who created quite a stir around 2000 with their music sharing service Napster, went on to work for music streaming service Spotify to broker deals with major record companies....

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Movie trailers are known as such because they were originally shown after the movie ended (and thus trailed the movie) instead of before the movie as they are in the present day.

Movie trailers are known as such because they were originally shown after the movie ended (and thus trailed the movie) instead of before the movie as they are in the present day.

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The English borough of Redditch began producing needles in the Middle Ages and at peak production was manufacturing 90 percent of the needles in the world.

The English borough of Redditch began producing needles in the Middle Ages and at peak production was manufacturing 90 percent of the needles in the world.
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