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How to launder Mexican drug money.
Sending pallets of cash across the border is risky. So, what’s a drug cartel to do? | learn more
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A dose of Gen-Z
This newsletter called High Tea, written for and by members of Gen-Z, is a wonderful window into world of today’s newest adults. They seem to love emojis, TikTok and abbreviations of both words and phrases. I would’ve never figured out […]
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Practice typing by retyping classic novels
Move over, Mavis Beacon! I tried this for a little while and it was great. “Improve your typing while reading great books like Alice in Wonderland, 1984, The Art of War, The Call of Cthulhu, Pride and Prejudice, Dracula, and […]
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The first cyborg
“[Neil Harbisson] is best known for being the first person in the world with an antenna implanted in his skull and for being legally recognized as a cyborg by a government. His antenna sends audible vibrations through his skull to […]
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All about QR codes
Born in a Toyota laboratory in 1994, these fancy barcodes are now officially everywhere. In 2013 I told a manufacturer that their idea of putting QR codes on their products was dumb because almost nobody had readers. I reversed course in […]
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The huge telescope from Goldeneye is being dismantled
“The iconic Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico is to be dismantled, officials announce.” | learn more
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Time’s 100 best inventions of 2020
Some of my highlights: vodka made from thin air, a biodegradable grill, a handsfree toothbrush and microbial biofertilizer. Another fun fact: I recently read Time’s creators originally wanted to call it Facts but they concluded the definition of facts was too hard to pin down. | learn more
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Financing the American home
“On American streets, the [30 year mortgage] is everywhere. It makes up around 80% of an $11.3 trillion mortgage market. Yet, with the exception of Denmark, it doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world. Even baseball exists in more countries.” | learn […]
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The physics of war in space
A very intriguing primer on how to conduct war in space. “Scenes from Star Wars, books, and TV shows portray a world very different from what we are likely to see in the next 50 years, if ever, given the […]
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Chuck E. Cheese fun facts
“A thing I think about a lot is that in 1980, Chuck E. Cheese sued Showbiz Pizza for ripping off their concept and won, and then in 1984 Chuck E. Cheese went bankrupt so Showbiz Pizza bought the company, and […]