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Friday, Oct 17
John Bolton Indictment, Puzzle Auction, and Fine-Art Tattoos
John Bolton has been indicted. This and more in today's digest.
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Thursday, Oct 16
Voting Rights Case, Waymo, and Miserable Math Teachers
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Wednesday, Oct 15
Madagascar, 'Pig Butchering,' and a Feline Invasion
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Tuesday, Oct 14
Hostages Freed, OpenAI's Chip Gambit, and Chewing Phobia
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Monday, Oct 13
Israel-Gaza Exchange, Diane Keaton, and Taco To-Go
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Business & Finance
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Recently Discovered
71% of equity investments in Q1 2025 went to AI companies
Visual Capitalist via visualcapitalist.com
You can read First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onnasis’ will online
via doyourownwill.com
The woman who coined the term ‘girlboss’ now has a VC firm called Trust Fund
Masters of Scale via youtu.be
Famous scammer Anna Delvey lied about having a $67M trust fund
ABC News via abcnews.go.com
Social Security’s financial operations are handled through two federal trust funds
Vox via youtu.be
Explore a visual of 16 different types of trusts
Legal Templates via legaltemplates.net
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Science & Technology
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Recently Discovered
Roughly 40% of basic US research is federally-funded
The Conversation via theconversation.com
Atomic clocks can be used to measure the universe's fundamental constants
New Scientist via youtube.com
Optical clocks track time by measuring electron transitions involving visible light
NIST via nist.gov
There may be as many as 74,963 kinds of ice
Reactions via youtube.com
The body can remove tattoos after they are broken down by laser
JustINKD via youtube.com
Fiber lasers used for metal engravings can’t burn your skin
WIRED via youtube.com
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Health & Medicine
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Recently Discovered
Without liver bile, human poop would be a pale silver color
ScienceAlert via sciencealert.com
The best time to get a flu vaccine may be late-September or early-October
IFLScience via iflscience.com
Influenza infects up to a billion people worldwide each year
World Health Organization via who.int
Learn the history and science of influenza in This Podcast Will Kill You
This Podcast Will Kill You via open.spotify.com
Human records of influenza stretch back more than two millennia
OMG Medical History via open.spotify.com
Hear firsthand stories from Americans who lived through the 1918 flu pandemic
The Best Film Archives via youtube.com
World History
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The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 due to economic decline and political unrest
Free Documentary - History via youtube.com
A West Berlin student dug a tunnel beneath the Berlin Wall and helped 29 East Germans escape
Intrigue via open.spotify.com
The Agent podcast reveals the true story of a long-term KGB agent in America
The Agent via open.spotify.com
Reagan’s 'tear down this wall' speech challenged Soviet control of Berlin
C-SPAN via youtube.com
Wind of Change investigates a Cold War rumor linking the CIA to a rock anthem
Wind of Change via open.spotify.com
'Cold War Conversations' podcast brings firsthand voices from the frontline of the conflict
Cold War Conversations via open.spotify.com
Society & Culture
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Recently Discovered
One (unlikely) theory posits Shakespeare helped translate the King James Bible
1440 Daily via youtube.com
The Chinatown Sting: Unraveling an international drug smuggling ring
Pushkin via open.spotify.com
Author Flannery O’Connor originally wanted to be a cartoonist
The Marginalian via themarginalian.org
Watch a Yale professor’s take on O’Connor’s ‘Wise Blood’
YaleCourses via youtube.com
Poet Robert Lowell encouraged Flannery O'Connor to turn away from commercial appeal
Bookworm via open.spotify.com
A film crew captured a five-year-old Flannery O’Connor and her talented chicken
British Pathé via youtube.com
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