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THE MOST FASCINATING CREATURE

Monday, April 15, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we test your knowledge on the fascinating octopus, revisit the fateful night of the Titanic ... and get the scoop on renowned, complex artist Frida Kahlo.

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GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION BY FERNANDO G. BAPTISTA AND MONICA SERRANO

Don’t look at an octopus (illustrated above) as an inferior. It has more hearts than we do. More arms. And one species carries a venom 1,000 times more powerful than cyanide.

What do we know about the crawling, intelligent, empathetic, muscle-bound octopus? Their secrets are at heart of a new Nat Geo series on Disney+ — and this stunning interactive quiz. Are you ready?

TEST YOUR SMARTS

Related: 8 fascinating facts about octopuses
Excerpt: An octopus invited this writer into her tank—and her secret world
Also: The octopus whisperer
And: See the Secrets of the Octopus trailer

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

An artists rendering of the Titanic hitting an iceberg

PHOTOGRAPH BY PRIVATE COLLECTION, PARIS, FRANCE/ ALBUM/ ART RESOURCE, NY

112 years after it sank: What happened to the Titanic (depicted above) on that fateful night?

New study reinforces scary findings: more women are dying of alcohol than ever before

Mass grave found in Fiji sparks a mystery: cannibalism or contagion?

No, the world won’t end next week. Bet on it.

In a first, microplastics have been linked to heart disease. Here’s what you need to know.

Hmm ... Would your dog eat you if you died?

On Tax Day: How old are taxes? ‘Circa 2000-1800 B.C., there is a record of a guy who paid [his taxes] with 18,880 brooms and six logs.’

What do long flights do to our bodies?

Ground-level ozone is getting worse. Here’s what it means for your health.

See the footage: Why these emperor penguin chicks are jumping off of a 50-foot cliff (Free article)

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

Frida Kahlo with her self portraits

PHOTOGRAPH BY BETMANN/GETTY

Frida Kahlo’s inconvenient truth: The iconic Mexican artist, the subject of a new documentary, “always enjoyed the spectacle of herself,” writes author Karen Karbo. “She was a playful exhibitionist, a fervid and erotic provocateur dispatching updates from the land of female suffering.” She only began to paint to try to transcend her serious injury—and lifelong pain—from a streetcar accident when she was 18.

THE WHOLE PICTURE

Related: Finding Frida in Mexico City—and closer to home

Today’s soundtrack: Across the Universe, Rufus Wainwright

Today’s newsletter was curated and edited by Nishita Naga, Nancy San Martín, and David Beard. Let us know if you have any suggestions for us.

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