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23andMe sold back to founder as a non-profit.

“I am incredibly excited and humbled to share with you that TTAM Research Institute (TTAM), a new non—profit medical research organization that I founded and lead, has completed the acquisition of 23andMe. I formed TTAM and pursued the acquisition of […]

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Protein bars and frozen fish filets.

The founder of RXBAR is building a new brand with David protein bars, which is getting very popular quickly. Now they launched another product that seems like masterful marketing. “Our newest masterpiece: cod. Slightly more protein per calorie than a […]

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Out West, beware the corner crossing.

Imagine a spot where 4 plots of land meet in a corner. On two opposite sides are public federal land. Is it legal to step from one plot to the other? “Elk Mountain Ranch owner Fred Eshelman has stated in […]

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Maybe the Fed can’t count?

“At the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Money Museum, there’s a big transparent cube on display. It’s filled with tightly packed stacks of $1 bills, claiming to contain $1,000,000.” ~ learn more

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What is a sluice?

“A sluice (/slus/ SLOOS) is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level. … Sluice gates are one of the most common hydraulic structures [6] used to control or […]

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Now that’s a wake.

“A drinking contest was held in response to his death. According to Plutarch, citing Chares of Mytilene, Promachus of Macedon drank the equivalent of 13 litres of unmixed wine and won the first prize of a golden crown worth a […]

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Falsehoods programmers believe about aviation.

When working with aviation data, you might feel it’s safe to assume certain relationship, like “Flights take off and land at airports” or “Flights depart from a gate”, but not so fast! “Okay fine, separate flights from the same major […]