Pavel Sokolovsky

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fun facts · Feb 2018

Secrets of cruise ships. 

“On board the Harmony of the Seas, 2,200 crew members work 24 hours a day to make sure their community of 6,300 passengers stays happy and healthy. Here are their secrets.” | learn more

fun facts · Feb 2018

What’s a dead cat bounce? 

Leave it to the finance bros to coin a term like this. “Derived from the idea that ‘even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height’, the phrase, which originated on Wall Street, is also popularly applied to any case where a subject experiences a brief resurgence during or following a severe decline.” | learn more

fun facts · Feb 2018

Let a ‘human uber’ live your life so you don’t have to. 

“[T]he technology 'uses a real human as a surrogate for another remote user,’ by giving the surrogate 'a mask-shaped display that shows a remote user’s live face, and a voice channel transmits a remote user’s voice.’” | learn more

fun facts · Feb 2018

2 cops eat weed edibles, get way too high, call for backup. 

Toronto police raided a dispensary, which is where the officers allegedly got their hands on the tasty treats. “Eventually, the duo became so stoned that they were hallucinating, and one of them decided to call for backup. But when help arrived, pot paranoia kicked in, and ‘one of the impaired officers took off running.’” | learn more

fun facts · Jan 2018

Women endure crises better than men. 

“Women today tend to live longer than men almost everywhere worldwide — in some countries by more than a decade. Now, three centuries of historical records show that women don’t just outlive men in normal times: They’re more likely to survive even in the worst of circumstances, such as famines and epidemics, researchers report.” | learn more

fun facts · Jan 2018

A drone saved the lives of two teenage boys in Australia. 

Talk about a heartwarming technology story! “New South Wales’ $340,000 investment in drones has apparently paid off in a major way. On Thursday, two teenage boys in Australia struggling offshore were saved thanks to a rescue drone, the BBC reported.” | learn more

fun facts · Jan 2018

How to name a baby. 

This gem from Wait But Why is a few years old, and just as great as ever. | learn more

fun facts · Jan 2018

The Great Emu War. 

In the 1930s, the Australian military fought a war against emus (yeah - the animal). | learn more