Dovi's Digest Volume 19
A weekly newsletter for all your intellectual, spiritual and physical needs
Hi All, and welcome to Volume 19 of Dovi’s Digest.
It’s been a tiring week for me, so I’m going to keep this preamble relatively short. The fact that I have tendinitis in my hands has absolutely nothing to do with it. At all. In fact, I’m lucky enough to have voice activated typing on my laptop, which allows me to avoid spelling milkshakes.
For the first time in quite a while, I was tempted to either write about or post an article about certain current events. I thankfully realised in time that although my initial idea for the digest was to post ideas from all sides of the political and religious spectrum, people really seem to enjoy the break from the relentless news cycle and come here for a little bit of arcane knowledge. This isn’t to say that I won’t post potentially divisive content. But it will always be tempered with some silly and light-hearted stuff, so you can avoid it if you’d like. I said this would be a short preamble, and yet here we are a couple hundred words later. Sorry about that.
In this week’s edition, we have interstellar submarines, how the drug ketamine might aid with depression, how photographers are changing the stereotypes we have about animals, and my favourite for this week, how we define a burger. There are of course other articles too.
There were two correct answers to last week’s riddle. Well done to Dan Rab and Ori Tobias. The answer and this week’s riddle are below.
We’re now not too far off 300 subscribers, so please keep referring your friends. There’s something for everyone in every edition.
Keep those articles (and everything else) coming!
All the best
Dovi
And now, the articles:
How a Brand of Chalk Achieved Cult Status Among Mathematicians (Courtesy of Dovi Joel)
A Submarine Could Explore the Seas of Saturn’s Largest Moon
The sub could be ready to launch in the 2030s according to researchers.
Ketamine’s reputation is moving away from “party drug” and into one of the newest and most effective forms of depression treatment.
The Battle for the Soul of the Burger
It’s also about watermelon.
The Photographers Changing the Way We See Animals
Popular culture can create stereotypes of ‘cuddly’ pandas or ‘evil’ snakes – but some photographers are setting out to change how we see wildlife.
A Brief, Sticky History of Tarring and Feathering (Courtesy of Josh Friedlander)
Once a punishment, now (mostly) a metaphor, everything you wanted to know about covering someone in a viscous substance and feathers.
The Doting Boyfriend Who Robbed Armoured Cars
Beginning in 2015, Houston was plagued by a series of brutal armoured car robberies that bewildered FBI agents for nearly two years.
Quote of the Week:
“A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.” – A. A. Milne
Facts of the Week:
More than half of the earth’s surface is not subject to any nation’s laws.
The film 50 Shades of Grey was banned in Cambodia because it depicted “insane romance”.
Cartoon of the Week:
Brainteaser of the Week:
What number should replace the question mark?
24…8.5
35…15.6
18…8.125
68 …?
Last week’s Brainteaser and answer:
What do the following words have in common?
Awning
East
Earned
Answer:
Each word can become a new word by adding “Y”.
(Yawning, Yeast, Yearned)
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