“Nearly a third of all shoplifting arrests in New York City last year involved just 327 people, the police said. Collectively, they were arrested and rearrested more than 6,000 times, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said.” ~ learn more
That means during the period when both the US and New Zealand are both on DST, the cumulative time difference is an extra 2 hours. ~ learn more
There’s a construction project next to my home that’s currently a big hole in the ground. After some rain, it became a makeshift pond. Then a frog moved in. The frog made lots of loud noise all through the night. […]
“The filmmaker takes a look at the video technology of the late 1960’s, showing alleged fraud was simply not possible.” ~ learn more
“Jimmy Donaldson — aka MrBeast — has established an online multi-platform empire with nearly 200 million followers, planted ~25 million trees, given millions of dollars away, and even helped 1,000 blind people see again. He’s also 24 years old.” ~ learn more
Among other challenges, the classic 2-and-20 fee structure is now “1.35-and-16”. ~ learn more
“Contrary to what you might think, throbbing pain is not beating to your heartbeat or pulse. … Researchers further analyzed the simultaneous recordings and found that the two rhythms weren’t synchronous in any way.” ~ learn more
Why aren’t SEPTember, OCTOber, NOVember, and DECember the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months of the year? “The normal version of this story you’ll hear is that this is all Julius Caesar’s fault for ‘adding’ July, but that’s not quite […]
So rare that they get their own names, like the 105 carat Koh-i-Noor diamond. ~ learn more
We have a box in our living room from a recent purchase. My daughter wondered what the symbols on the box meant. It was a great chance to explain the international standards that help our supply chains run smoothly. Why […]