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You’ve probably seen the Trailer Tail on trucks driving down the highway
They’re used to increase fuel efficiency, which is kind of a big deal for trucking. | learn more
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Hurricane Dorian washes up bricks of cocaine on Florida beaches
“With Hurricane Dorian battering Florida’s eastern coast, two of its beaches have seen mysterious packages wash up on their shores. The Police Department has confirmed these are in fact bags of cocaine.” | learn more
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Microsoft announces XLOOKUP, successor to the iconic VLOOKUP
This news blew my mind. I hadn’t even considered they might improve this. I can’t wait to try it. Two thumbs up for the Excel team at MSFT! | learn more
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Federal appeals court holds cop can’t be sued personally for excessive force
A woman’s boyfriend was horsing around with her at a pool. Somebody called the cops saying it was domestic abuse. Upon leaving the pool, cops show up and arrest boyfriend despite woman’s protests and clarifications. Then another cop tackles her […]
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Air Canada must pay $15k to an upset French-speaking couple
They’ve been complaining formally and frequently about the fact that the word ‘lift’ is engraved on seatbelts in English but not French. The court has forced Air Canada to pay up for this transgression. | learn more
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‘Young’ Chinese streamer revealed to be a 58-year old after filter glitch
“Popular Chinese streamer known online as ‘Your Highness Qiao Biluo’ on the live-streaming platform Douyu was recently unmasked by a technical glitch and viewers were shocked to discover that she was actually a 58-year-old auntie.” | learn more
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Faster internet isn’t worth it
“WSJ testing shows typical U.S. households don’t use most of their bandwidth while streaming and get marginal gains from upgrading speeds” | learn more
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Are optical illusions cultural?
Hadn’t really thought about it before, but a book I’m reading (it’s called Range) prompted me to inquire. It turns out that not everybody is subject to the same illusions. | learn more
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Why Hawaii has weird cans
I noticed this strange can top all over the island. Naturally, I had to look up the back story. “As can tops started to shrink around 1980, they also lost their neck ridging, leaving Hawaii as the last state to […]
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Harvard streamlines admission process by directly growing new students from DNA of top donors
Wonderful satire from The Onion. “This saves a lot of time we would otherwise spend tediously pretending to review applications, allowing us to focus on ensuring every student we accept is a good fit for Harvard.” | learn more