fun facts

Why do we have half-moons on our fingernails?

“Embedded in your nails are other tiny mysteries, including the light-colored half-moon shape at the bottom of the nail plate. Though few of us stop to think about the purpose of this mark, its existence is a vital part of […]

fun facts

The Wisconsin governor has wild veto powers.

The state’s supreme court has upheld the governor’s right to veto individual words of bills, even if it changes or reverses the meaning of the sentence, paragraph, or bill overall. “[O]ur constitution does not limit the governor’s partial veto power […]

fun facts

Why human hair is limited to a handful of colors.

“Why, with such a vast array of colors all around us, are our hair colors so limited? Well, the pigments in our hair are predetermined by a genetic blueprint that isn’t likely to change anytime soon. Let’s untangle the mystery […]

fun facts

Written by a human.

“Imagine, for a moment, a world with no humans. Just machines, bolts and screws, zeros and ones. There is no emotion. There is no art. There is only logic….” ~ learn more

on the blockchain

Crypto music is a joke.

A manifesto on what value crypto can really provide to the music industry by a founder who is trying. “The music industry never asked for a blockchain protocol, an NFT fan club, or a “content coin.” What the industry has […]

retail therapy

A 25-year-old hired a TikTok coach for $400.

“She wasn’t trying to grow her personal brand: Under the coach’s guidance, Trecartin started posting three times per day about her water bottle accessory company CharCharms.” It’s working! She generated over $6 million of revenue last year. ~ learn more

retail therapy

Do eCommerce holding companies work?

This is a casual conversation between two people who invest in and operate multiple d2c brands. “This week, [Fan Bi is] joined by Kelcey Lehrich, CEO of 365 Holdings, to talk about what actually works in DTC today and how […]

tech, startups, internet

The o3 model knows where that photo was taken.

“In a head-to-head Geoguessr match, OpenAI’s o3 model out-scored me—a Master I–ranked human—23,179 to 22,054, correctly identifying all five countries and twice landing within a few hundred metres. Even when I embedded fake GPS coordinates in the image EXIF, the […]