It seems some district court made the imprudent decision of requiring a disclaimer before any parody content on the internet. The Onion decided to weigh in. | learn more
It starts with the cube shapes in the corner, called Finder Patterns. The most interesting part to me is the mask, of which there are 8 standard patterns. | learn more
Xu Zhixian thought the trip would take about a year. After six months he’s made it from Spain to the Netherlands, about a quarter of the way. | learn more
Y’all know I love etymology. This article helped me connect an old Russian-language insult back to English (via Greek). “Everyday words often hide histories revealing a time when people’s views of the world, the cosmos, and each other were profoundly […]
These relatively modern sharks are impressive! This is a great video ~18 minutes long. | learn more
“Tom Persky is the self-proclaimed “last man standing in the floppy disk business.” He is the time-honored founder of floppydisk.com, a US-based company dedicated to the selling and recycling of floppy disks.” | learn more
I appreciate the approach this author takes to answer the question! “Rather than trying to figure out how long all the lost books and codices are, we can step back and take a longer view of things.” | learn more
A visual ranking of the top 50 names that have at least 25% share for each gender. Data from 1922 – 2021. Each name has charts showing volume over time, as well as gender distribution over time. It’s interesting to […]
“Despite making up just 14% of the population, immigrants are responsible for 30% of U.S. patents and 38% of U.S. Nobel Prizes in science. A team of Stanford economists recently estimated that nearly three quarters of all U.S. innovation since […]
“Janus, named after the two-faced Roman God, has lived at the Geneva Natural History Museum since his birth.” | learn more