From this article I learned that the reason NYC doesn’t have alleys is because the architects responsible for the grid system were preoccupied with another project — the Erie Canal. Lots more detailed discussion about the gross garbage problem of […]
This is pretty opulent. “The company’s website hammers home the point that the ice destined to chill drinks in glitzy watering holes halfway around the world is taken from icebergs already naturally detached from the glacier and floating in Greenland’s […]
Watch this video. It’ll be 3 minutes you won’t regret. Write back to me and let me know how long it took before the feeling of awe set in. ~ see video
A nine minute video explaining the technology that allowed newspapers to publish and distribute photos nearly real-time. ~ learn more
This seems admirable! “The 93-year-old widow of a Wall Street financier has donated $1 billion to a Bronx medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, with instructions that the gift be used to cover tuition for all students going […]
“A manufacturer reintroduced Dark Lilac, a limited-edition ink, to great fanfare. The only problem? The color had changed.” ~ learn more
This is a very cool new tool that takes any topic and creates a branching hierarchy of related concepts that serves as a very quick primer. It is especially great because for many of the topics it’ll include images that […]
“Cousins take up an interesting space in many family dynamics — not quite siblings, not quite friends. Some people may grow up alongside their cousins and have a deep bond and others may rarely see them or speak to them […]
“According to Air Canada, Moffatt never should have trusted the chatbot and the airline should not be liable for the chatbot’s misleading information because Air Canada essentially argued that “the chatbot is a separate legal entity that is responsible for […]
“The General Social Survey includes a WORDSUM vocabulary test component that is often used as a proxy measure for IQ. Want to see how well you can do? Try these 20 questions!” It’s basically a hundred year old test with […]