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Drunk fish convince sober ones to follow them around
Essentially, a drunk fish becomes the designated driver for the whole group.” | learn more
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The pledge of allegiance started as a PR gimmick
Francis Bellamy had no idea how famous, and controversial, his quick ditty would become.” | learn more
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Google year in search 2020
Google releases an annual list of top search terms of the year. For this year, I visualized the top search terms to show the impact that the year’s events had on people.” | learn more
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Someone is stealing unpublished book manuscripts
“A phishing scam with unclear motive or payoff is targeting authors, agents and editors big and small, baffling the publishing industry.” | learn more
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Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk
Aluminum particles stay in the atmosphere when the satellites burn up on reentry. “Wooden satellites would burn up without releasing harmful substances into the atmosphere or raining debris on the ground when they plunge back to Earth.” | learn more
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My year in data
Thank you so much to this author! “What do I actually do with my time? How productive am I? I logged everything I did in 2020 and got some pretty cool data out of this.” | learn more
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Inside the secret team dinners that have built the Spurs’ dynasty
There’s something quite special about breaking bread with a group that promotes camaraderie. “Over the past 20 years, Gregg Popovich has sliced an exclusive culinary trail across America – all for a singular purpose. This is the story of his […]
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The rise and fall of the bank robbery capital of the world
“In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour of every day. This is the story of how a bandit culture took over the city.” | learn more
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Behold the dancing robots
The team at Boston Dynamics shows us the future of robotics in this music video to the 1960s hit Do You Love Me. We’ve come a long way from the animatronic Chuck E Cheese band. | learn more