Chetan Nandakumar

Chetan Nandakumar

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Chetan is a wannabe hippie living in Berkeley, California. He loves figuring out what makes people tick. When he's not conducting interviews for mental_floss, he spends his hours working as a Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley trying to build computational models of human visual perception. Before that, he was popping around the world for a few years studying meditation, spirituality and looking for the meaning of life. You can check out his webpage here.

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How to Learn Fast: Clever Tips from Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferriss is a New York Times best-selling author, widely known for his book The Four-Hour Work Week. Not only has he cracked the secrets of productivity, he's figured out how to learn things super quickly! Mental Floss' own Chetan Nandakumar managed to snag a few minutes with him. We're interested in this notion of rapid learning. What sort of things have you been able to  master? Things like Argentine tango, for example. I went from my first class to the world championships in... READ ON

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Apollo Robbins Will Steal Your Wallet: A Conversation with the World's Best Pickpocket

Apollo Robbins is good at stealing stuff. For years, this renown pickpocket entertained Vegas audiences by stealing their hearts-- generally by stealing their wristwatches and money clips. But everything changed for Apollo after he picked the pocket of one of Jimmy Carter's secret service agents during one of his shows. I sat with Robbins to talk about the art of pickpocketing, life after Vegas, and why he lets gypsies steal stuff from him. How'd you get into pickpocketing business? My... READ ON

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