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Great news about American wealth.

“In other words, a rising tide is lifting all boats. I know it can be tough to believe that, with all the doom and gloom you see in the media, but the numbers speak for themselves. And just so you […]

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Halfsies

A game of shapes and strategies. “Using the white shape, try to cut the shaded shape perfectly in half.” ~ play now

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7 body parts you didn’t know had a name.

“For some reason, though, we skipped over a few details in anatomy class when learning about the human body. For instance, what’s the space between our eyebrows called? What about the one between your upper lip and nose? And is […]

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“The last man who knew everything.”

That was the title of a biography of Thomas Young (1773 – 1829). He was “a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. He was instrumental […]

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Fair coins tend to land on the same side they started.

This is published evidence from 350,757 flips among 48 flippers. The bias comes from the flippers, because most people can’t seem to flip coins without also introducing a wobble. That causes them to land on the same side that they […]

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ACT test scores for U.S. students drop to a 30-year low.

This is fun because you can overfit whatever your preferred explanation is to this outcome. “Scores have been falling for six consecutive years, but the trend accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.” I’d love to see some more granular data, starting […]

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This private jet sales experience.

I saw this video posted on LinkedIn as an example of an excellent salesperson and sales process. It’s worth the 8 minute watch time! Note that the “23 year old buys a $30M private jet” caption is just internet bullshit, […]