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Monday, Jul 7
Texas Floods, America Party, and Flies Versus Maggots
At least 80 people have died from historic flooding in central Texas. This and more in today's digest.
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Thursday, Jul 3
Independence Day, Diddy Verdict, and a Forgotten Founding Father
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Wednesday, Jul 2
'Alligator Alcatraz,' Megabill Vote, and Stargazing Opportunities
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Tuesday, Jul 1
Dalai Lama Celebrations, Inflammaging, and Nosy Coworkers
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Monday, Jun 30
Idaho Shooting, Megabill, and Healing Heartbreak
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Business & Finance
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In defense of the advertisement economy
The Diff via thediff.co
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
Investopedia via investopedia.com
The pandemic forged new FIRE followers
The New York Times via nytimes.com
Watch Peter Adney’s TED Talk
TEDx Talks via youtube.com
Inside the lives of FIRE followers
BBC via bbc.com
All kinds of people follow the FIRE movement
The Daily via open.spotify.com
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Science & Technology
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Airborne microplastics may influence cloud formation and climate
Yale e360 via e360.yale.edu
BPA-free plastics often contain other harmful "forever chemicals"
Insider Science via youtube.com
Nanoplastics can bypass the blood-brain barrier and may harm the nervous system
It's Complicated via youtube.com
Most biodegradable plastics don’t break down in everyday conditions
The New York Times via nytimes.com
Plastic's history began with an inventor seeking a $10,000 prize offer
Science History Institute via sciencehistory.org
The prevalence of microplastics came from plastic’s affordability and versatility
Kurzgesagt via youtube.com
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Health & Medicine
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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
Board games can improve life satisfaction and coping self-efficacy
Tabletop Gaming via tabletopgaming.co.uk
The rarest blood type in the world
1440 via youtube.com
World History
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The colorful history and medieval origins of tarot
Smithsonian Magazine via smithsonianmag.com
In admiration of ancient Rome's Appian Way
3 Quarks Daily via 3quarksdaily.com
Minneapolis' sewage-filled Schieks Cave
Atlas Obscura via atlasobscura.com
Top 10 medieval castles in Ireland
Medievalists.net via medievalists.net
Snapshots of life in rural Cuba in the 1950s
Vintage Everyday via vintag.es
How the Declaration sought help from Spain and France
Smithsonian Magazine via smithsonianmag.com
Society & Culture
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Is cheese giving you nightmares?
TIME via time.com
What actually is Yoo-Hoo?
Weird History Food via youtube.com
Fifty plays and musicals celebrating American history
Playbill via playbill.com
The ambiguity of emoji use
The Conversation via theconversation.com
The cuisine of the Mount Everest base camps
Outside Online via outsideonline.com
Postmodernism is a cultural movement that valued pluralism
Victoria and Albert Museum via youtube.com
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