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Saturday, Jul 12
Wimbledon Finals, Justin Bieber, and Swimming Racehorses
Wimbledon's women's and men's singles finals are underway. Find this story and more in today's digest.
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Friday, Jul 11
Birthright Citizenship, Birkin Bag, and Disney Homeschooling
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Thursday, Jul 10
New Mexico Floods, F1 Firing, and Chimp Fashion
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Wednesday, Jul 9
TSA Shoe Policy, AI Education, and Airplane Toilets
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Tuesday, Jul 8
Tariffs, Mushroom Murders, and America's Loneliest Road
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Business & Finance
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SoftBank lost billions of dollars on WeWork. Meanwhile, WeWork’s founder walked away a billionaire
Yahoo Finance via finance.yahoo.com
SoftBank acquired a majority stake in WeWork in October 2019
CNBC via cnbc.com
WeWork held controversial “summer camp” retreats for employees
Business Insider via businessinsider.com
WeWork’s S-1 was full of alarming information
CNBC via cnbc.com
An S-1 is an important document when filing for an IPO
Investopedia via investopedia.com
WeWork’s filed its first S-1 in 2019
SEC via sec.gov
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Science & Technology
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Inside the most dangerous asteroid hunt ever
MIT Technology Review via technologyreview.com
Technologies labeled “AI” have historically lost that title after widespread adoption
SuperAI via youtube.com
How the coco de mer coconut became the largest seed in the world
Kew Royal Botanical Gardens via kew.org
Picturing the booming business of satellite internet
Rest of World via restofworld.org
The science of bubbles
ThoughtCo via thoughtco.com
Why the universe is colored "cosmic latte"
ThoughtCatalyst via youtube.com
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Health & Medicine
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Do people really look younger than they used to?
1440 via youtube.com
Why babies have more bones than adults
ScienceABC II via youtube.com
What causes autoimmune diseases?
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell via youtube.com
Physiological muscle memory allows us to quickly regain lost musculature
CNN via cnn.com
How to remember everything
Undo via undo.fm
How the feared self fuels OCD
Psyche via psyche.co
World History
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The hand-dug 'Big Well' of Greensburg, Kansas
Atlas Obscura via atlasobscura.com
The ancient invention of the water clock
Ancient Origins via ancient-origins.net
The fashion and art of Maximilien Robespierre
lemoncholy via youtube.com
Marie Antoinette in her own words
History Extra Podcast via open.spotify.com
An overview podcast of the French Revolution
Mike Duncan Podcast via youtube.com
Tour virtual exhibits on Versailles and French high society
Google Arts & Culture via artsandculture.google.com
Society & Culture
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A fine-dining restaurant in the remote Arctic serves polar bear
Great Big Story via youtube.com
Dolphins have doulas too?
1440 via youtube.com
Korea's "real-life mermaids"
1440 via youtube.com
Why this legally can't be called "ice cream"
1440 via youtube.com
Why US chocolate tastes weird to the rest of the world
DW via dw.com
A retired FBI agent interviews a convicted hitman
The Atavist Magazine via magazine.atavist.com
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