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Navigate with a compass? Fix a car engine? What Americans say they can (and can’t) do [ [link removed] ]
I have an idea for a new hit TV show. It’s basically candid camera, except people are thrown into situation where they have to do tasks everybody should know how to do, like fix a flat tire, balance their checkbooks or Ted Stryker an airplane
Aliens make ‘first contact’ to warn mankind to save the planet [ [link removed] ]
Huge if true. Might want to set that 401k to “Aggressive”
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Tales From the Blue Line – Take a Number [ [link removed] ] - A 911 operator thought he’d heard it all until a deluge of panicked calls reports that Mothman, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster have descended upon Atlanta, forcing him to take cryptid sightings with the same seriousness as a misplaced Wi-Fi password.
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The Shocking (But Not Surprising) Ryder Cup Fans [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander take aim at what might seem like a niche topic — bad behavior at the Ryder Cup — but turns it into something much bigger: a diagnosis of America’s national mood.
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Inside Operation Greylord: The Undercover Mission That Shook Cook County [ [link removed] ]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
John Dempsey sits down with Terry Hake, the man who became the federal government’s key undercover operative in Operation Greylord, one of the most significant judicial corruption investigations in American history.
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Also Worth A Look…
Netflix strikes ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ toy deals with both Mattel and Hasbro [ [link removed] ] - Merchandising, merchandising, merchandising… where the real money from the movie is made. KPop Demon Hunters the t-shirt! KPop Demon Hunters the coloring book! KPop Demon Hunters the lunch box! KPop Demon Hunters the breakfast cereal! KPop Demon Hunters the flame thrower!
Amazon plans to replace 600,000 US workers with robots by 2033: NYT [ [link removed] ] - John Connor was unavailable for comment. Amazingly, it’s not the worst thing Amazon has done this week
Plane makes emergency landing after pilots lose contact with flight attendants and hear banging on cockpit door [ [link removed] ] - I probably wouldn’t be too thrilled if I was on that airplane, but it’s probably best to err on the side of caution in a situation like that
In 1997, A Zoo Chimp Amazed Scientists By Gathering Rocks To Throw At Visitors [ [link removed] ] - Completely understandable
Humpback Whale Population Now Well Above Pre-Whaling Levels in Australia [ [link removed] ] - Dr. Gillian Taylor was unavailable for comment
Dairy Queen Blizzard Helped End Armed Standoff In Washington State [ [link removed] ] - I think you could talk just about anyone off the ledge with the promise of a Blizzard
Young girl who fell from Disney Dream cruise was told by mom to pose in front of open porthole [ [link removed] ] - Yeah, maybe don’t do that
Patient plays clarinet during life-changing brain surgery [ [link removed] ] - Even more amazing was the fact that they had never played the clarinet before
Wild Bear Breaks Into Zoo, Is Found Hanging Our Near Bear Enclosure [ [link removed] ] - You normally wouldn’t expect a bear to break *into* a zoo
Weather Balloon Firm Admits Likely Role in United Cockpit Strike [ [link removed] ] - Boeing’s just happy it wasn’t their fault for once
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