Dovi’s Digest Volume 237
It was the day the after Christmas, and all through the house, the family was starting to moan and to grouse
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Hello all! Welcome to Volume 237 of Dovi’s Digest!
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In this week’s added extras:
One of my favourite videos this year: Stunning drone footage of Mount Everest from base camp to the summit.
Can you solve the GCHQ Christmas challenge?
Use these techniques to make better sandwiches.
Artist Josh Kline makes smoothies from blending consumerist items.
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There were TWO correct answers to last week’s brainteaser, well done to Chaim E and Jeff C! The answer and this week’s riddle are below
Keep those articles (and everything else) coming.
Have a great weekend,
Dovi
And now, the articles:
Century-Scale Storage
(Courtesy of Yisroel G)
If you had to store something for 100 years, how would you do it?
Why Every Utterance You Make Begins With A Leap Of Faith
Time pressure and the limitations of memory compel you and your listener to engage in a fascinating linguistic trade-off.
Thousands Of Shipping Containers Have Been Lost At Sea. What Happens When They Burst Open?
Most of the world’s everyday goods that are moved over long distances are packed in large metal boxes the size of tractor-trailers and stacked on ships. A trade group says some 250 million containers cross the oceans every year — but not everything arrives as planned.
Inside the Colorful and Cultish World of Nerds Gummy Clusters
Sales of Nerds have greatly increased in recent years, the company says. The secret? A multicolored orb.
Why Later Life Can Be A Golden Age For Friendship
Our social goals change in surprising ways over our lifespan – and understanding this can help us build fulfilling connections with others, research suggests.
Gen Z Is Particularly Weird About Relationship Age Gaps. Here's Why.
Is an 18-year-old dating a 25-year-old problematic? Some Gen Zers think so.
Running Was His Life. Then Came Putin’s War.
Before Russia invaded, Ukrainian ultrarunning champion Andrii Tkachuk had never run better. Would he race again?
Quote of the Week:
“I stopped believing in Santa Claus at the age of six, when my mother took me to see him in a store and he asked for my autograph.” - Shirley Temple
Word of the Week:
Twixmas
Noun
The period between Christmas and New Year, providing a chance to relax and unwind after the festive celebrations. People often use this time to travel, watch shows, revisit hobbies, or spend time with family.
Do you know a word you think others should know about?
Facts of the Week:
There's a secret club inside the Tower of London that only Beefeaters and their guests can visit.
In 18th century London, a sick person could pay 3 guineas to bathe in beef soup.
The average Briton eats 17.3 kilogrammes of beef a year.
Dung beetles contain more protein than beef does.
80% of Japan's protein comes from the sea.
The plastic waste that goes into the oceans every year is enough to fill five shopping bags for every foot of shoreline in the world.
Half of all plastic that has ever existed was made in the last 13 years.
When Jung and Freud first met, their conversation lasted 13 hours.
Cartoon of the Week:
Tweet of the Week:
Headline of the Week:
Brainteaser of the Week:
Given the letters I, E, N, V, O, D, and C, what is the longest word you can make from them? You can use each letter as many times as you want.
Last week’s brainteaser and answer:
Here is a rebus puzzle, which uses words, letters, and numbers in specific orientations to represent a common phrase. Which common phrase is represented by the following?
a) 1/2 = 05
b) six percent = 006
c) four and a half = 45
d) pi = approximately 314
Answer:
Missing the point.