WEIRD FACTS
The 69 million-dollar JPEG: Beeple’s Everydays: the First 5000 days. Beeple View 2 Images – By Loz Blain 2021 Mar 11 – A digital artist called “Beeple” is now one of the top three most valuable artists alive – in any medium – after …
Santo Tomás Catholic Church in Abiquiú, N.M., is the site of an annual saint’s day celebration in late November that includes cultural elements of the Genízaros, the descendants of Native American slaves. John Burnett/NPR – By John Burnett – Twitter 2016 Dec 29 …
Researchers have measured the smallest gravitational pull yet – equivalent to about the mass of a ladybug. yellow2j/Depositphotos View 4 Images – By Michael Irving 2021 Mar 11 – Of the four fundamental forces, gravity is the one we’re most familiar with in our …
IMAGE: Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty images – By Ariana Pekary 2021 Mar 10 – It’s worth looking again at Twitter’s explanation for closing Donald Trump’s account. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account,” the company said in a statement …
The head and body of a sacoglossan sea slug, one day after they separated. We hear it was an amicable split. Sayaka Mitoh View 2 Images – By Michael Irving 2021 Mar 08 – To the envy of us humans, limb regeneration is common …
Temperatures in the Sahara can drop an average of 75 degrees Fahrenheit (42 degrees Celsius) overnight. The milky way shines in the night sky over the Sahara Desert. (Image credit: Shutterstock) – By Harry Baker – Staff Writer 11 days ago – If …
Cow cuddling is getting ever more popular, but what’s the science behind using animals for relaxation? Credit: cottonbro from Pexels – By Scotty Hendricks 2021 Feb 27 – An Indian non-profit hopes to help people relax by giving them cuddle sessions with cows. …
Roseann Bacha-Garza (left), a borderlands historian, stands with Olga Webber-Vasques at the grave of the latter’s great-great-grandfather, the abolitionist John Ferdinand Webber, in the family cemetery. – By John Burnett/NPR 2021 Feb 28 Heard on All Things Considered 13-Minute Listen Download – In …
Violence linked to the ideology has killed as many as 50 people in the US and Canada and sparked debate among counterterrorism experts and police. Demonstrators hold portraits during a rally to commemorate the Montreal mass shooting of 14 female engineering students in …
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/global-warming-led-to-ancient-mass-extinction-event-scientists-say/ – By Jeff Berardelli, Katherine Niemczyk CBS News 2021 Mar 04 – Right now our planet is in the midst of what science says is an unprecedented rate of change, unlike anything seen in tens of millions of years. Overconsumption, unsustainable practices …
