Dovi’s Digest Volume 245
Would you please settle down? ⚽️😵💫
A weekly newsletter for all your intellectual, spiritual, and physical needs
Hello all! Welcome to Volume 245 of Dovi’s Digest!
Many times I’ve written about my school days, and how I’m not nostalgic about them - I just remember when the good times lasted forever.
I’ve also written about the issues my teachers would
In this week’s added extras:
A lecture to help you master travel photography with just an iPhone
Separate coloured liquids into beakers until they contain just one colour each. You can only pour liquids of the same hue on top of each other; more beakers and colours are added as you progress through the levels. Click here to play
Duolingo announced the demise of its owl mascot.
One-off actions that’ll make your life easier.
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There was ONE correct answer to last week’s brainteaser, Well done to Jonathan A! 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:
If You Ever Stacked Cups in Gym Class, Blame My Dad
(Courtesy of Dan R)
The first thing you need to know about Bob Fox is that he used to be a clown ... The second thing you need to know about my dad is that he was a really, really good clown.
Fidgeting At Your Desk? Your Body May Be Trying to Tell You Something
Ever wonder why you bounce your leg, drum your fingers, or click and unclick your pen until your colleagues beg you to stop?
I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix
Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted.
How Snowflakes Get Their Intricate Shapes
The Myth of Your Phone's Airplane Mode
Airplane mode hasn't been necessary for almost 20 years, but the myth persists.
Eat Beans and Live Longer: One Reason Why Many Ikarians Live to Be 100
In The Ikaria Way, Greek American chef Diane Kochilas offers a roadmap for people who want to incorporate aspects of the Mediterranean island's "Blue Zone" diet into their lives.
Her Job Is to Remove Homeless People from SF’s Parks. Her Methods Are Extraordinary
To watch park ranger Amanda Barrows is to be faced with a disturbing question: If this is what it takes to help one unhoused person, how can we manage thousands?
Quote of the Week:
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” — Calvin Coolidge
Word of the Week:
Rigmarole
rig·muh·rowl/ˈrɪɡmərəʊl/
Noun
a lengthy and complicated procedure.
"He went through the rigmarole of securing the front door."
2. a long, rambling story or statement.
"She went into a long rigmarole about the different jobs she'd had."
Do you know a word you think others should know about? Submit it here!
Facts of the Week:
The Russian for “step” is spelled “mar” and pronounced “shag”.
According to a poll carried out in Russia, 10% of Russians think polls are useless.
Russia has four monuments to dumplings.
Brussels has a statue commemorating the place where Peter the Great vomited.
Peter the Great was 6’ 8”.
NBA star Manute Bol was 7’ 7”, but his passport said he was 5’ 2” because he had been measured sitting down.
The world's second-tallest person is a sitting-volleyball player from Iran who won gold at the 2016 Paralympics.
Medals at the 2016 Paralympics had small steel balls inside them so it could be rattled and heard by visually impaired medallists.
Cartoon of the Week:
Tweet of the Week:
Headline of the Week:
Brainteaser of the Week:
What well-known English word begins and ends with the letters “HE”? (There are two possible answers.)
Last week’s brainteaser and answer:
Guess each pair of words. Each are spelled identically except for the addition of the name of a mammal inserted inside, or at either end, of the second word. Thus “a filled pastry and a marauder” is “pie and pirate”.
a) Fell and a part of a plant used to symbolise desolation or an awkward silence.
b) Dishonest statements and events at which winners are selected at random from among ticketholders
c) Agreed and elaborate or difficult
Answer:
a) Tumbled and tumblEWEed.
b) Lies and LOTTERies.
c) Complied and compliCATed