1440 Explores, Ep. 1: How Credit Cards Work

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See Bloomberg's continuously updated Billionaire Index

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Some parents are spending about $200 on berries per month

HubSpot via thehustle.co

Uber's first investors included StumbleUpon founder Garrett Camp

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Visual Capitalist shows the top 50 countries by central bank reserves

Visual Capitalist via visualcapitalist.com

The payments tool Zelle was created by big banks to compete with apps like Venmo

CNBC via youtube.com

Traffic flow can be improved through research into card shuffling

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As much as 10% of home energy use comes from unused, plugged in devices

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The magnetic constant sets the strength of magnetic fields

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Explore an interactive map of the world's water gaps

National Geographic via worldwatermap.nationalgeographic.org

Railroads and long-distance communication led to the development of time zones

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Experts suggest there is a 10% chance AI will cause human extinction

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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

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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

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Human records of influenza stretch back more than two millennia

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Hear firsthand stories from Americans who lived through the 1918 flu pandemic

The Best Film Archives via youtube.com

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

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'Cold War Conversations' podcast brings firsthand voices from the frontline of the conflict

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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’

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Poet Robert Lowell encouraged O'Connor to turn away from commercial appeal

Bookworm via open.spotify.com

A British film crew captured a five-year-old O’Connor and her talented chicken

British Pathé via youtube.com

O’Connor despised romantic portrayals of the South

American Masters PBS via youtube.com

O’Connor believed grotesque fiction was realistic

Open Culture via youtube.com