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Americans feel worse off financially than at any point in 25 years, Gallup finds [ [link removed] ]
This is the fifth consecutive year that more Americans say their finances are worsening rather than improving. That seems less than ideal
Two-thirds of babies watch screens — some for eight hours a day [ [link removed] ]
This is good, it means they’ll be well-prepared for their soul-less office jobs when they are adults
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Also Worth A Look…
Pompeii Archaeologists Use AI to Reconstruct a Victim’s Face [ [link removed] ] - I would imagine he looked very surprised and very ashy. Too soon?
Social media ban: Minister says ‘some form of’ age limit or restriction will be brought in [ [link removed] ] - It might not be the worst idea, but a better one might be to teach your kids how to use social media responsibility. Crazy idea, I know
Inside the world’s largest art heist when over $500M of paintings were stolen from a Boston museum [ [link removed] ] - How did we end up in the age of art heists all of a sudden?
Chernobyl’s Wolf Population Is Now 7 Times Higher Than Before the Disaster [ [link removed] ] - They’re much easier to count since they all glow in the dark now
Woman weaponized a swarm of bees against deputies trying to carry out an eviction [ [link removed] ] - It seems like it would have been cheaper to just go ahead and pay rent than to go through all the trouble of making a bee colony
Spilt milk from overloaded tanker truck results in over $5,400 in fines [ [link removed] ] - The spilt milk might not be worth crying over, but the $5,400 fine certain is
Man in India takes sister’s skeleton to bank to prove her death [ [link removed] ] - Tough to argue with that. Do you think he used the carpool lane on the way to the bank?
California woman driven to insanity by taunting bird that won’t leave her alone [ [link removed] ] - It’s just like the movie “The Birds” except now they annoy you instead of pecking your eyes out
Florida possums with GPS collars used to track pythons in Everglades [ [link removed] ] - The possums are showing off their new bling and then they get swallowed whole by a snake
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