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The USDA’s treasure trove of agricultural data.
Here’s one example, the Broiler Market News Report. It is a 4 page summary of the market for “broiler” chickens. ~ learn more
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Sweepstakes parlor.
I just learned about these backdoor gambling operations (the industry might not agree with this characterization). “They began to appear in the Southern United States some time around 2005, and quickly proliferated.[1] Purchased entries are redeemed using computers at the […]
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Chinese selective censorship of the Big Bang Theory.
“So the question has to be asked: what kind of content has been removed, and why? To find out, I compared 100 episodes of the original version of The Big Bang Theory with the edited Youku version to understand what […]
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Wife economics.
I discovered this post on Kvetch, a substack newsletter by Australian investment manager Misha Saul. “Monogamous marriage is a powerful social technology that distributes wives more equitably. Without monogamy, successful men hoard wives and sire more children and there are […]
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What is Anglish?
“Anglish is a kind of English which prefers native words over those borrowed from foreign languages. Anglish is linguistic purism applied to English.” ~ learn more
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Love will find a way.
“Momo, a 12-year-old white-handed gibbon, shocked her keepers at the Kujukushima Zoo and Botanical Garden in Nagasaki in February 2021 when she gave birth despite having no known male companionship.” Now they know how it happened… “The zoo told CNN […]
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Woodstock ‘99 sounds awful.
“With a combination of price gouging, an awful venue, heat, and an overall horrible vibe, Woodstock ’99 has gone down as one of the most chaotic music festivals in history. We’ve rounded up some shocking firsthand accounts from people who […]
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Gynadromorphism.
Any time someone chooses to take really simplistic view of nature, this sort of thing should help snap them out of it. ~ learn more
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Big houses were full of guests.
“In a modern context, big houses rarely serve any narrative purpose beyond jokes about rooms nobody has ever been in, but historically, all that extra space had an important function.” ~ learn more