Well, a very obese man boards and I can tell instantly he is going to have a tough time fitting in any of the seats. I assume maybe he bought two hence why he’s even attempting to board. I’m mentally… Read More ›
Misc
Coffee prices around the world
Americans are setting records when it comes to drinking coffee. Nearly 65 percent of adults in the country have at least one cup of coffee every day, an increase from 62 percent in 2017 and the highest share of coffee… Read More ›
New cups from Starbucks, same coffee…
So, back in September, Starbucks launched the NextGen Cup Challenge, which encouraged businesses of any scale to contribute eco-friendly cup ideas—and 12 finalists have been chosen! The entries aimed to “push the boundaries of sustainable design and find innovative cup… Read More ›
Why We Think Cats Are Psychopaths / Why We Love Dogs
When Becky Evans started studying cat-human relationships, she kept hearing, over and over again, about how cats are psychopaths. On one hand, anyone who has looked into the curiously blank face of a catloaf knows exactly what that means. But… Read More ›
Dividing 1 by 998,001
The three-digit number missing from the equation is 998. Strangely, the number jumps from 997 to 999. The number 998,001 is actually part of a small family of numbers with interesting mathematical quirks: the numbers that are the squares of… Read More ›
The coolest police cars
Here are some of the most exotic, most unexpected, and coolest police cars used around the world… More here. Some of these cars are lovely, and strangely they are improved by the police livery.
It’s every new dad’s worst fear
We couldn’t face going back to the newly-decorated nursery with no baby in our arms, so we went to live with my parents for a few weeks. Our parents went to our house and completely emptied his room. During that… Read More ›
Coffee makes you live longer
A ratio of 1 indicated no observable impact of coffee drinking, while a ratio of 0.5 would mean that coffee drinking subjects were half as likely to die as the non-drinkers. Since the ratios researchers assigned to the drinkers of… Read More ›
The crazy world of watch pricing
It is not easy to justify the purchase of an expensive watch if you have any part of your brain that is reasonable. Passion is an expensive thing at times and is what drives the watch market. I thought about… Read More ›
Meet the Pangolin
Pangolins are unlike any other animal I’ve ever seen. They’re distantly related to bears and dogs, but they’re in their own taxonomic family. And they’re mammals—the world’s only mammal with real scales… More here. Amazing creature.
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