Friday, August 26, 2016

Millennials Are Ruining Vacation

Millennials Are Ruining Vacation, And Other Facts
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Morning · Fri, Aug 26
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Millennials Are Ruining Vacation, And Other Facts
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Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Young people hate vacation, Google search is sometimes bad and paper can cut wood.
PARK YOUR CAMERA HERE
The Coolest Photos From The National Park Service's Newly Digitized Historic Archives
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Clemson University and the National Park Service have released the Open Parks Network, a digital gallery of rare and unique material from the archives of the country's national parks, historic sites and battlefields.
FROM OUR FRIENDS AT REEDSY
Everything You Need To Know About Self-Publishing A Book (Part Two)
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You've written a book! Now comes the hard part: making sure people buy it. Don't worry, we'll show you how to sell, where to sell and why Facebook is your BFF.
PUT IT ON THE MAP
LAST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST GENTRIFIERS
How Staten Island Almost Became A Nuclear Stronghold
atlasobscura.com
In the 1980s, the US Navy proposed and built a 35-acre, multimillion-dollar homeport at Stapleton, a neighborhood on Staten Island's northeastern waterfront, to permanently station a fleet of ships potentially armed with nuclear warheads.
THE FAULTS IN OUR EARTH
Mapping The 10,000 Most Powerful Earthquakes Since 1900
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Since 1900, there have been over 10,000 earthquakes that have registered above a 6 on the Richter Scale, including the 6.2 and 6.8 quakes that hit Italy and Myanmar this week. This animated map shows the locations of those earthquakes appearing in chronological order.
BLAME IT FOR YOUR MISSED CONNECTION
A GIF Illustrating How Flight Paths Change Based On The Wind
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Because the earth is round, planes don't travel in straight lines and instead follow curved routes along the earth's "great circles."  But every flight path varies a bit based on atmospheric conditions.
BACK TO SCHOOL
THE MIGRATION PATTERNS OF HIGHER ED
How Cuts To Public Universities Have Driven Students Out Of State
nytimes.com
Declines in state support for public universities have helped reshape the geography of college admissions, forcing many students to attend universities far from home, where they pay higher, out-of-state tuition.
COCKS NOT GLOCKS
To Protest Guns On Campus, Students In Texas Are Carrying Big, Fake Penises To Class
cosmopolitan.com
​"If you're packing heat, we're packing meat."
NO PENNY LEFT BEHIND
How Investment Banks Cash In On School Construction
priceonomics.com
Schools are the US's second largest public infrastructure investment after transportation, and it's all under local control. And inevitably, when a tiny school board works with financial firms to borrow money, they get fleeced.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
AND THEN FIFTH GRADE AND THEN COLLEGE
Kevin Wants Everybody To Know How Freaking Excited He Is To Start The Fourth Grade
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Also, HE IS NOT A BABY AND KNOWS HOW TO RIDE A BIKE ALREADY, MOM.
IN THE NEWS
Brazil Court Summons Ryan Lochte To Give Evidence Over Robbery Claim
Clinton, Trump Exchange Racially Charged Accusations
Czech Tourist Reveals How She Survived 30-Day Ordeal In New Zealand Mountains
Ground Still Shaking As Italy Quake Death Toll Rises To 267
Have a wonderful morning! We hope you make more friends than just one.