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education / learning / memes / teaching / cool stuff
30 Jokes That Only True Intellectuals Will Understand
There is a special little feeling you get when you understand a nerdy joke. You feel smart, but it also makes you feel a bit...
yourtango.com
@ 30+ days ago
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One Man’s Lifelong Quest to Create a Lettuce Cigarette
To help people quit smoking, Puzant Torigian put his life savings (and lungs) on the line. In 1997—at the height of a wave of exposé...
atlasobscura.com
@ 30+ days ago
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A Short History of the Mind (and some of the Weird Things We've Thought About It)
Information and Complexity: Essay 2 What is the mind? If you’ve ever thought about this question, you’ve probably run into René Descartes. He’s...
substack.com
@ 30+ days ago
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China unveils world’s largest gold deposit, shaking markets
A monumental discovery in China’s Hunan province has redefined the landscape of global gold mining. Beneath the Wangu gold field in Pingjiang County...
thebrighterside.news
@ 30+ days ago
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The Iconic Statues Of Ancient Greece And Rome Were Originally Scented, Groundbreaking New Study Reveals
New research into Greco-Roman sculpting has revealed the true extent to which "admiring a statue in the ancient world was not just a visual...
allthatsinteresting.com
@ 30+ days ago
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cool stuff / auto
Bentley EXP 10 Speed 6 coming, but not before hotter CUV
Nov 29, 2015 6:02 PM EST 2 / 0 2 / 0Zoom In Launch Gallery Bentley appears closer than ever to giving the green light for production to the curvaceous EXP 10 Speed 6 concept,...
autoblog.com
@ 30+ days ago
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cool stuff / learning
15 Words You Think You’re Pronouncing Correctly (But You’re Probably Not)
Sorry to break it to you, but ‘mischievous’ isn’t “miss-CHEE-vee-uss,” and ‘boatswain’ isn’t “BOAT-swain.” We’re breaking it all down in the latest...
mentalfloss.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Researchers Just Concluded That A Painting Bought For $ 50 At A Minnesota Garage Sale Is A Lost Van Gogh Worth $ 15 Million
Titled Elimar, this rediscovered study of a fisherman is believed to have been created during Vincent van Gogh's one-year stay at a French asylum in...
allthatsinteresting.com
@ 30+ days ago
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NBA announces latest disciplinary action for Ja Morant
larrybrownsports.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Secret CIA files claim Ark of the Covenant does exist and they know its location
The Ark of the Covenant, the container for the tablets that Moses was given by God which contained the Ten Commandments, may have been found...
ladbible.com
@ 30+ days ago
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auto / cool stuff
Martin Brundle thrilled by the transformation he’s seen in Lewis Hamilton at Chinese Grand Prix
f1oversteer.com
@ 30+ days ago
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auto / cool stuff
Our verdict on Red Bull's plan to swap Lawson and Tsunoda
the-race.com
@ 30+ days ago
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X-37B Is the One Threat Russia and China Never Saw Coming
19fortyfive.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Jaguar's Bold, Brash New Car Is The Perfect Concept (And The Haters Are All Wrong)
Jaguar is readying its much-needed reinvention, and if you thought the British automaker would play things safe, you might want to sit down before...
slashgear.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Baby Cow Breaks Into the House to Hang With the Dogs
A clever baby cow named Mello, who lives at the McNeill Farm, honestly believes that he is one of the dogs who live in the...
laughingsquid.com
@ 30+ days ago
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auto / cool stuff
Thieves Steal 8 Chevy Corvettes Straight from the Factory, Police Say, Including a C8 ZR1
roadandtrack.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Browns’ Chubb Move Leads to Weird Replacement Proposal
Bleacher Report's Moe Moton lists the most underrated free agents left on the board. He makes an off the wall suggestion for the Cleveland...
athlonsports.com
@ 30+ days ago
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All-New Mercedes-Benz CLA Arrives With Astonishing Abilities
After about a year and a half filled with a concept car, prototype photos, multiple teasers, and tidbits of information, the new Mercedes-Benz...
carbuzz.com
@ 30+ days ago
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auto / cool stuff
Florida Sheriff's Deputy Who Rear-Ended Civilian Turns Out to Have Been Watching Porn
roadandtrack.com
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books / cool stuff
20 Books Every Man Should Read, According to Our Editors | Man of Many
The written word has a lot to answer for. From the moment Johannes Gutenberg introduced his marvellous printing press invention to the world way back...
manofmany.com
@ 30+ days ago
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A Badass Cover of Eddie Van Halen’s Eruption Solo on a Custom 7-String Fretted Electric Violin
Musician Nina DiGregorio of Femmes of Rock performed an incredibly badass cover of the iconic Eddie Van Halen solo from “Eruption” on a custom...
laughingsquid.com
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innovation / cool stuff
Astronaut shares the profound 'big lie' he realized after seeing the Earth from space
This change in perspective could change humanity. Sixty-one years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to make it into space and probably the...
upworthy.com
@ 30+ days ago
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One of the UK’s coolest places to live that ‘rivals Oxford’ reveals plans for new £24million train station
A PRETTY UK town named one of the best places to live has revealed the latest plans to open a new train station. Shrewsbury, in...
thesun.co.uk
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Police Just Arrested A Utah Nursing Home Resident For The Brutal Murder Of A 16-Year-Old Girl In Hawaii Nearly 50 Years Ago
Gideon Castro, 66, was charged with the second-degree murder of Dawn Momohara, a sophomore student who was found dead at a Honolulu high school on...
allthatsinteresting.com
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Archaeologists Unearth The 8,400-Year-Old Remains Of A Man And His Dog
The gravesite in southern Sweden is part of a mesolithic settlement that was once inhabited by a group of hunters.The post Archaeologists Unearth The...
allthatsinteresting.com
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28,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Cells Show Biological Signs Of Life
The 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth was dug out of Siberian permafrost in 2011. Now scientists have found that its DNA is partially intact.The post...
allthatsinteresting.com
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LEAKED: The Concept Previewing Jaguar's Future Is As Subtle As A Cybertruck
Enough has been said about Jaguar's rebrand in the last week and a half, but now we have something else to cry over, as the...
carbuzz.com
@ 30+ days ago
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cool stuff / science / space / nature
The Strongest Tornado Ever, by Wind Speed, Size and Damage
These spinning columns of air are some of the most violent storms on Earth, capable of tearing apart entire towns in seconds. The most powerful...
howstuffworks.com
@ 30+ days ago
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The coolest new vehicles unveiled at CES are all about solar power and flight
The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, isn’t just about computers, televisions and cameras, it’s become the show to watch for automotive debuts, too....
theglobeandmail.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Major discovery identifies the cause of ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the deadliest form of gynecologic cancer, taking the lives of more than 13,000 women in the U.S. each year. The most common...
thebrighterside.news
@ 30+ days ago
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Biblical Discovery: Archeologists may have just found Noah’s Ark
In what many are hailing as a monumental discovery, an international team of scientists and researchers may have uncovered evidence pointing to the...
thebrighterside.news
@ 30+ days ago
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innovation / cooking / cool stuff
There's a Surprisingly Easy Way to Remove Microplastics From Drinking Water
Tiny fragments of microplastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, significantly through our food and...
sciencealert.com
@ 30+ days ago
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The Americas Takes Viewers to the Graveyard of the Atlantic, One of Earth's Coolest Places
Ocean life thrives at thousands of shipwrecks off the Atlantic coast. One of the coolest places in the ocean was featured on The Americas. Off...
nbc.com
@ 30+ days ago
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New treatment kills several types of common cancer cells – helping millions worldwide
Scientists have uncovered a promising way to fight prostate cancer by targeting a single enzyme, PI5P4Kα. This discovery offers new hope for...
thebrighterside.news
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CommuniCore Hall's overlay for EPCOT Festival of the Holidays looks like a sad Macy's display
Much fuss has been made about EPCOT's Communicore Hall since it first opened over the summer. Originally pitched as a place for "guests to relax,...
alongmainstreet.com
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Mazda's Designed its Gorgeous Sports Car Concept For Production
In a story published by Mazda design head Masashi Nakayama says that the Iconic SP was always designed with a future production car in mind....
motor1.com
@ 30+ days ago
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apps / cool stuff / technology
Judge rejects Musk’s attempt to block OpenAI’s for-profit transition
A federal judge in Northern California denied Elon Musk’s motion for an injunction that would have halted OpenAI’s planned transition into a for-profit...
techcrunch.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Jake Paul's Stunning Girlfriend Turns Heads With Hot Tub Video
Jake Paul and Jutta Leerdam took the next step in their relationship this week by getting engaged. The happy couple shared a few breathtaking photos...
thespun.com
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What to expect at MWC 2025 from Samsung, TCL, and more
The largest mobile industry event is upon us. In less than two weeks, Mobile World Congress will kick off in Barcelona, and remind us all...
mashable.com
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cool stuff / auto
BMW iX3, first Neue Klasse EV, set for 2025 Munich auto show
• BMW's first Neue Klasse EV will be a compact crossover in the X3 family, badged as the iX3• Production starts in late 2025 at plant in...
motorauthority.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Man spent $ 2,000,000 to discover never seen before number with 41,000,000 digits
When it comes to spending your money wisely, there are those who are good at it and those who aren't. $ 2 million is a life-changing sum,...
uniladtech.com
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writing / cool stuff
The Great Passive Voice Panic: Why Everyone (Even Grammar Experts) Gets It Wrong
Plus, a simple trick that will help you identify most true cases of the passive voice. (Hint: It involves zombies.) The passive voice: despised by...
mentalfloss.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Seven Failed Sitcom Pilots Too Weird to Be Believed
What’s that? You’ve never heard of Poochinski, the show starring a murdered cop who is resurrected as a crime-solving bulldog voiced by the...
cracked.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Volkswagen is unveiling a $ 21,000 entry-level EV in March
The small EV will make its proper debut in 2027. Volkswagen is working on an entry-level electric vehicle that will sell for a base price of €20,000 ( $ 21,000)....
engadget.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Sandra Oh Lin of KiwiCo Makes Learning Engineering Fun
The CEO and founder chatted with Glamour about making STEM into play and relying on her kids to develop new products. As part of our...
glamour.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Creative Dad Shows How to Make a ‘Carry Your Own Head’ Halloween Costume With His Daughter
Magician and creative dad Justin Flom and his daughter Haven shared truly informative step-by-step instructions on how to make a “carry your own...
laughingsquid.com
@ 30+ days ago
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30 Breathtaking Award-Winning Landscapes From the 35 Photography Awards
121clicks.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it's a risk
apnews.com
@ 30+ days ago
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The Weirdest New Smart Home Appliances You Can Actually Buy
Weird doesn't mean bad. Here are some of our favorite strange new smart home appliances you can actually buy right now. We live in an...
cnet.com
@ 30+ days ago
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These 2,000-Year-Old Mounds Trace the Path of the Moon
After spending the last century as a golf course, the Octagon Earthworks are now protected—and celebrated—for their ancient Native American...
atlasobscura.com
@ 30+ days ago
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