I learned from this article that drinking in public was not banned anywhere until 1975. Now it’s banned practically everywhere. How and why did that happen? | learn more
Coworkers generally find out I’m colorblind the first time they put a color-coded spreadsheet or graph in front me. Right after that, we play the “what color is this?” game until I lose enough times to prove I’m colorblind. The […]
This happened a few months ago and it slipped right past me. Simplified explanation… There’s a “reserve ratio” that governs how much capital a bank must keep in reserve when it lends money. It was 10%, meaning $100 of capital […]
Last year a blockchain company paid $30 million in cash for Voice.com. This is the most ever paid for a domain, by a lot. Sex.com is in second place at $13 million. | learn more
“We don’t know for certain what exactly she was charged with or what she did to be charged… Whatever it was, the important fact is that if she was found guilty, Phryne would be executed. She was defended by one […]
It’s neither cheap nor easy to get to China today. One-way total cost in economy class: $6300, including a 14-day mandatory quarantine in a designated hotel. Click-thru for details and photos of one person’s journey. | learn more
A healthy reminder of the vastness of time. “The timelines displayed here cover events from the beginning of the 11th millennium to the furthest reaches of future time.” | learn more
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning that rodents are becoming increasingly aggressive as they scavenge for food amid a mass closure of restaurants caused by the coronavirus outbreak.” | learn more
Redfin’s survey (n=900, probably biased) data shows, “more than 50% of people in New York, Seattle, San Francisco and Boston would move if work-from-home became permanent.” | learn more
Last year we learned how tax policy gave us White Claw. Today we learn how tax policy gave us Converse sneakers with fuzzy felt soles. The fun term is called tariff engineering. | learn more