Dovi’s Digest Volume 249
A weekly newsletter for all your intellectual, spiritual, and physical needs
Hello all! Welcome to Volume 249 of Dovi’s Digest!
In this week’s added extras:
Stripe’s annual letter contains universal business lessons.
Variety’s 100 best TV performances of the 21st century.
A non-overwhelming way to clean your room or any room.
A detailed database of every flight attendant uniform, from every airline, throughout history.
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There were NO correct answers to last week’s brainteaser, So I’ll leave it up another week.
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Have a great weekend,
Dovi
And now, the articles:
My Family and I Gave Up Furniture, and Haven’t Looked Back
Two years ago, my wife and I decided to ditch the chairs, tables, and beds in the 382-square-foot home where we’re raising our children—and we swear by it.
A Guide to the Peppers of the World
Which came first: the pepper, or the pepper?
Rembrandt To Picasso: Five Ways to Spot a Fake Masterpiece
The recent discovery of an art forger's workshop reminds us of the long history of fraudulent artworks – here are the simple rules to work them out.
The Definitive Superfood Ranking
It seems like everything in the grocery store is labelled "super." We dove into which foods are actually proven, by science, to be good for you and which ones are all hype.
Photographers Are on a Mission to Fix Wikipedia's Famously Bad Celebrity Portraits
WikiPortraits, a group of volunteer photographers, has been covering festivals and shooting celebrities specifically to improve images in the public domain.
How Do Cars Get Their Names? Art, Science, And A Legal Process
Car names are forever, and automakers have a system in place to make it count.
When Did I Start Getting Cancer?
An environmental chemist investigates the origins of her leukaemia.
Quote of the Week:
“Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.” – Science fiction writer Robert Heinlein
Word of the Week:
(Courtesy of Yali F)
Elegiac
eh·luh·jai·uhk/ˌɛlɪˈdʒʌɪək/
Adjective
relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
"Haunting and elegiac poems"
Noun
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Facts of the Week:
Half a billion men in the world have depression.
Gloom swept Finland on being rated the world's happiest country.
Rasputin was happily married and had seven children.
Rasputin's daughter Maria grew up to become a professional lion tamer.
Frankie Dettori's mother worked in a circus.
Warren Buffett plays the ukulele.
David Beckham has the Solar System tattooed on his head.
Marilyn Manson collects prosthetics.
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Brainteaser of the Week:
Say you flip a coin five times in a row. What is the probability that you get at least three consecutive flips on the same side (heads or tails)?