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The Interesting List A list of interesting things. I read a lot. Whenever I find myself thinking, “Wow, that’s interesting,” I will put it on this list.

This is a collection of things I’ve found interesting that don’t rise to the level of a blog post or other commentary. Items in this list will usually be longer and non-tech related (I’ll usually comment on or share tech stuff in other places). I’ll try to stay away from current events. This list is not meant to be provocative or current. It’s only meant to be, well, interesting.

When women enter a profession or institution in greater numbers, men leave. The latest example is college.
07/01/2025

When women enter a profession or institution in greater numbers, men leave. The latest example is college.

We would rather talk about literally everything else.

Employers who took the effort to find and install an alternative web browser performed better on every metric and stayed...
07/01/2025

Employers who took the effort to find and install an alternative web browser performed better on every metric and stayed in jobs longer.

IN his best-selling new book, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, Wharton professor Adam Grant — a recent TED speaker — explores why some people are more successful than others in championing new ideas. In this brief excerpt from the first chapter, he shares some surprising discoverie...

A discussion about how car chases are staged and filmed.
31/12/2024

A discussion about how car chases are staged and filmed.

"Fast & Furious 9," set for a 2021 release, is the 10th installment in a franchise known for pushing the boundaries of car chases. But there has been a lot o...

A specialized branch of crime investigation using writing patterns to solve crimes.
14/12/2024

A specialized branch of crime investigation using writing patterns to solve crimes.

How forensic linguists use grammar, syntax and vocabulary to help crack cold cases.

A game developer uses gaming software to build a realistic version of Flappy Bird.
01/12/2024

A game developer uses gaming software to build a realistic version of Flappy Bird.

Watch how I Made Flappy Bird in Unreal Engine 4 with RTX support.----------------------------------------Links----------------------------------------My Patr...

Barbie’s Dreamhouse is 60 years old. Its style has changed to match the evolving architecture styles of the times.
01/12/2024

Barbie’s Dreamhouse is 60 years old. Its style has changed to match the evolving architecture styles of the times.

From midcentury modern to a Gen-Z collab house, Barbie has kept up with design trends.

The Ghana aviation authority got upset at the continued mechanical issues of a single airliner and banned it from being ...
01/12/2024

The Ghana aviation authority got upset at the continued mechanical issues of a single airliner and banned it from being flown into their country.

The aviation authority in Ghana has banned one specific Delta Boeing 767 from flying to the country, following an incident. Here's why.

An annotated photo gallery showing the detailed process by which a physical book is produced.
01/12/2024

An annotated photo gallery showing the detailed process by which a physical book is produced.

Have you ever wondered how a book becomes a book? Join us as we follow Marlon James’s “Moon Witch, Spider King” through the printing process.

The title gets fact-checked, but is mostly true: the vast majority of the population of the world will experience sunlig...
01/12/2024

The title gets fact-checked, but is mostly true: the vast majority of the population of the world will experience sunlight at the same time during a 1-minute period every July 8.

Is it really true that 99% of the world's population see daylight at 11:15 UTC on July 8?

A guy builds an obstacle course for the squirrels in his backyard. In the (very entertaining) process of watching them s...
01/12/2024

A guy builds an obstacle course for the squirrels in his backyard. In the (very entertaining) process of watching them solve it, he explains some of the physiology of how a squirrel moves.

Squirrels were stealing my bird seed so I solved the problem with mechanical engineering :)Here is an explanation of the illusion dish thing!- https://demos....

A fictional airline has been used in dozens of TV shows and movies, often in situations where something bad happens to o...
01/12/2024

A fictional airline has been used in dozens of TV shows and movies, often in situations where something bad happens to one of its planes.

Oceanic Airlines, and less frequently, Oceanic Airways, is the name of a fictional airline used in several films, television programs, and comic books—typically works that feature plane crashes and other aviation disasters, with which a real airline would prefer not to be associated.

Elephants might be adapting in real-time to limit their danger from poachers.
01/12/2024

Elephants might be adapting in real-time to limit their danger from poachers.

Rare genetic condition in Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique has become far more common after years of hunting

The U-2 spy plane is so difficult to land that they need fast chase cars to follow it down the runway to tell the pilot ...
01/12/2024

The U-2 spy plane is so difficult to land that they need fast chase cars to follow it down the runway to tell the pilot how things look. This is a video from one of those cars.

This U-2 is returning to earth after taking Sagar Pathak up to 70,000 feet + the aircraft is flown by Lt. Col "Huggy" Huggins, the car is being flown by "Cab...

A massive home Mike Tyson lived in during the 90s was turned into a church after being abandoned for almost 20 years.
01/12/2024

A massive home Mike Tyson lived in during the 90s was turned into a church after being abandoned for almost 20 years.

The renovation is a 4-year project and all the work has been completed by the church’s members.

Before Major League Baseball uses a new ball, it is rubbed down with special mud to make it less slippery. The mud is ha...
01/12/2024

Before Major League Baseball uses a new ball, it is rubbed down with special mud to make it less slippery. The mud is harvested from one location, by one man.

Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud is a brand of specially prepared mud used to prepare balls in the sport of baseball before they are put into play. Newly manufactured baseballs have a somewhat slick and glossy surface, so when new they are rubbed down with the mud to reduce the slickness and giv...

A teenager was denied alcohol at one of NYC’s most prestigious establishments, so he embarked on a dumbfounding sidewalk...
30/11/2024

A teenager was denied alcohol at one of NYC’s most prestigious establishments, so he embarked on a dumbfounding sidewalk campaign to claim antisemitism and Holocaust denial. And somehow a hip-hop star is involved.

A teenager turned away by a bar in one of Manhattan’s fanciest hotels started a campaign to sully its reputation, a lawsuit says. The hotel is suing him for defamation.

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