Dovi’s Digest Volume 241
These shoes are made for walkin’ 👟🚶😌
A weekly newsletter for all your intellectual, spiritual, and physical needs
Hello all! Welcome to Volume 241 of Dovi’s Digest!
As it has been quite evident to a lot of you, the last few weeks I’ve really struggled to write the Digest intro. For a few editions there was an issue with Substack cutting it off, but the last two or three I actually haven’t written. A good number of you have emailed me to check in, and then to tell me they miss the intros. It was so kind of you, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it. Each week I put a lot of myself into the Digest, and good feedback, especially for the parts I actually write, makes me feel warm inside.
I have a favourite pair of shoes. In fact, I have several favourite pairs of shoes. I know this sounds silly, as a favourite technically means that there is one above all, but let’s pretend this is like girls with “best” friends. Mine is a bit more literal though. Because I do have several favourite pairs, they all just happen to be the same.
In this week’s added extras:
This is the most relaxing song ever, according to scientists.
See if you can match the flags to their countries.
The books of the Silicon Valley canon.
The best board games for when you’re sick of staring at a screen.
Do you enjoy the Digest? Would you like it to get better? Then please consider sharing it, as the more articles I’m sent, the better it is. It only takes a few seconds, and all you need to do is click here 👇. Thank you!
There were ZERO correct answers to last week’s brainteaser, Well done to NO ONE! I’ll leave it up for one more week.
Keep those articles (and everything else) coming.
Have a great weekend,
Dovi
And now, the articles:
Cool People Accidentally Saved America’s Feet
Millennials popularized bulky, super-cushioned shoes. Then Millennials got old.
Fake Reviews Have Become the Internet’s Perfect Crime
If that five-star rating feels like a lie, it probably is.
How My Tamworth Teammates and I Were Able to Go Toe-To-Toe with Spurs – Explained with Science
How a non-league team managed to keep one of the World’s best soccer teams at bay for over 90 minutes.
Six Of the World’s Most Unusual Roads
It is so easy to take the roads which help us get around the world for granted - whether they are in our own country or abroad.
Feeling Stuck? Here Are 5 Ways to Jumpstart Your Life.
Mental health experts suggest exercises to knock down the internal roadblocks that are causing burnout and holding you back.
Jazz Off the Record
In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, jazz legends were playing the best music you’ve never heard.
The Pursuit of Death on Psychiatric Grounds
The Netherlands allows medically assisted euthanasia for extreme mental suffering. Some doctors question the guardrails.
Quote of the Week:
This awful catastrophe is not the end but the beginning. History does not end so. It is the way its chapters open.” — St. Augustine
Word of the Week:
Fastidious
fa·sti·dee·uhs/faˈstɪdɪəs/
Adjective
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
"She dressed with fastidious care."
2. very concerned about matters of cleanliness.
"The child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers dirty."
Do you know a word you think others should know about? Submit it here!
Facts of the Week:
San Marino is the only country in the world with more motor vehicles than people.
A law in Rome allows any cat to live undisturbed in its birthplace.
Beatrix Potter shot a squirrel out of the tree to provide a model for Squirrel Nutkin.
It would take 41,923 hazelnuts to encircle the Colosseum.
In 4th century Rome, underpants were banned.
Florence hoses down church steps so tourists don't picnic on them.
Amsterdam has a day mayor and a night mayor.
At a riot in 1766, the mayor of Nottingham was knocked over by a large cheese.
Cartoon of the Week:
Tweet of the Week:
(Courtesy of Jordan M)
Headline of the Week:
Brainteaser of the Week:
On an island, every resident is either half-hearted or enthusiastic. A visitor from a distant land was invited for dinner by a group of 10 residents. After dinner, the visitor asked all 10 members of the group about the number of enthusiastic inhabitants within their group.
She received the following answers: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
Knowing that the answers of the half-hearted individuals cannot be more than the actual answer, and the answers of the enthusiastic individuals cannot be less than the actual number, determine the number of enthusiastic inhabitants within the group.
Last week’s brainteaser and answer: