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Inktank. The indexed web contains an incredible 14 billion pages.

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But only a tiny fraction help you improve your brain power. Here are 40 of the best. Dailyzenlist. 19 Websites That Will Make You Smarter in Every Way. It’s almost unbelievable that in this day and age almost everyone is carrying around a library of knowledge, richer in resources than that of the Library of Alexandria.

19 Websites That Will Make You Smarter in Every Way

So it comes as no surprise that many want to utilise this resource, the internet, to become a better, smarter, productive being! With this in mind, 19 of the top websites that will make you a smart person, in every way, has been compiled for you. Academic. The Real Secret to Making People Like You. I used to have unbearable social anxiety.

The Real Secret to Making People Like You

And paranoia. It wasn’t quite so bad back in the Ukraine when I was a kid. Back then, I was just like the other little Eastern European children – fair-haired, short, and perpetually wearing a look of mild concern. Then, we moved to Canada. Then, I went through puberty in grade 4. So there I was, this chubby, short, overdeveloped nine-year-old with a thick accent and poor social skills. I became one of those people who, walking into any sized crowd, could say just one word and have everyone staring at me like I had horns coming out of my head. After a long, grueling struggle of trying to fit in, I stopped trying. 25 Killer Sites For Free Online Education. 10 Books That Will Change How You See The World. Henry David Thoreau once said “a book should contain pure discoveries.”

10 Books That Will Change How You See The World

Some books can do even more and change how you see the world. Here are 10 eye-opening books that might just do that for you. Many of the themes in these books connect and while reading any one will give you some new insights, reading all of them may just revolutionize how you see the world and your place in it. The Invisible Gorilla and Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us Christopher Chabris & Daniel Simons.

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills. The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills.

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills

You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills , but I figured I’d save you some time. Here are the top 40 sites I have personally used over the last few years when I want to learn something new. Hack a Day - Hack a Day serves up fresh hacks (short tutorials) every day from around the web and one in-depth ‘How-To hack’ guide each week.eHow - eHow is an online community dedicated to providing visitors the ability to research, share, and discuss solutions and tips for completing day-to-day tasks and projects.Wired How-To Wiki - Collaborate with Wired editors and help them build their extensive library of projects, hacks, tricks and tips.

100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything. Posted by Site Administrator in Online Learning May 7th, 2009.

100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything

25 Websites that will make you a Genius. Websites Educational. 1.

25 Websites that will make you a Genius. Websites Educational

Khan Academy Have you ever wanted to pick up a subject you’re not well-versed in, but you didn’t have the money to invest in a college course? Khan Academy aims to provide education at the collegiate level for anyone who wants it. They provide resources for learning pretty much every subject out there, including math, science, history and more. 100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!) Entertainment Meet David Peterson, who developed Dothraki for Game of Thrones.

100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!)

25 Psychological Life Hacks that Will Help You Gain the Advantage in Social Situations. Social situations are among the most important in our lives.

25 Psychological Life Hacks that Will Help You Gain the Advantage in Social Situations

25 Best Books on Self-Improvement You Need to Read Before You Die. I remember the first time I got my hands on a self-improvement book.

25 Best Books on Self-Improvement You Need to Read Before You Die

I was baffled. At that moment I realized my fate was not set in stone. 25 Documentaries Everybody Should Watch. Sans Soleil This is not your average documentary. It is a fleeting memory, a sudden remembrance of times long past, a meditation on time and culture, a touch of an emotional diary. We follow the eyes of a world traveller who makes sharp observations and tries to convey them to his friend. We never learn who they are and where they came from, and this is perhaps a subtle point the documentary wants to make. The narrator’s voice switches from Japanese to German to English to French, thereby embodying the language of the places visited. The Corporation Corporate personhood is probably the elephant in the room when it comes politics. Watch The Corporation for FREE on Amazon Instant Video Cosmos: A Personal Voyage This list wouldn’t be complete without the documentary Cosmos.

7 Books That Will Violently Shift Your Perspectives. Once in a while a book comes along that rocks your world so hard that you’re never quite the same after. Here are 7 of those books, ordered by how hard they’re going to rock your skull! On Happiness…. Zen and the Art of Happiness by Chris Prentiss Of all the books & articles I have read on happiness, this one is by far the best. 50 Life Secrets and Tips. Memorize something everyday.Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment.

Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options.Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions.Those who are heavy-set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are taken away from them or lost. Possessions do end up owning you, not the other way around.