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When we lose weight, where does it go
If you had forced me to guess before reading, I would have certainly been wrong. Maybe you’re in the same boat? | learn more
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Zoom pitch + no script = $200 million commitment
“[A]ll it took for [Universal Pictures to commit] was an exuberant Zoom call with Tom Cruise, director Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie and PJ van Sandwijk. They pitched the picture with no script (Liman is writing it), and came away with […]
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2020 state of Gen Z report
For people born 1995-2010, emojis don’t mean what I thought they did. For example, I just learned this 🙂 is an extremely passive-aggressive smile. “This report is the most comprehensive deep-dive on Gen Z highlighting cultural trends and shifts, featuring a year’s […]
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German soccer team socially distances during match, loses 37-0
“Holdenstedt showed no mercy and scored a goal nearly every two minutes, as their opposition … watched on from a safe distance.” | learn more
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Private rail car between NYC and Chicago
I investigated private rail options for travel during Covid-19. I quickly learned that there’s mostly no such thing anymore, but one company did offer it as a special back in 2007. The price? About as much as a private jet […]
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A Duchess wrote one of the earliest Sci-Fi books in the 1600s
“Born in 1623, [Lady Margaret] Cavendish was an outspoken aristocrat who traveled in circles of scientific thinkers, and broke ground on proto-feminism, natural philosophy (the 17th century term for science), and social politics.” | learn more
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American truck owners, French words: Tonneau
Think about a pick-up truck with an open bed. You might want a cover for the bed. These are called Tonneau Covers in truck parlance. The word is a throwback to the era of horse-drawn carriages. | learn more
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WTF happened in 1971?
A lot of charts with inflection points that imply something changed in 1971. View with a healthy dose of skepticism, but also google August 15, 1971. | learn more
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Belly of the beast: illicit photos from inside the Soviet ekranoplan
“A Russian photographer snuck into the world’s only nuclear-capable, ground-effect vehicle and captured rare images of its interior.” | learn more
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Airline pilots reported seeing a guy in a jetback at 3,000 feet over LA
“An American Airlines pilot reported a sighting of a man in a jetpack thousands of a feet in the air on Sunday, prompting an investigation by authorities.” | learn more