The Para-Rigger

The Snowiest Place On Earth

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/snow-canyon-japan

NYT Magazine - The Future Of Not Working

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/magazine/universal-income-global-inequality.html

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Japan takes calculating seriously

So in Japan, if you can't master Flash Anzan,

You can try getting proficient in speed calculator use….

Something for everybody!

The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge

https://library.ias.edu/files/UsefulnessHarpers.pdf

A friend of mine was present in the Officer's Club at Norfolk and told me of a fistfight breaking out when some Army guys present referred to the USS Missouri as "Fort Missouri" during her two-week immobilization. A sad chapter for one of the finest and proudest battleships ever built. But The Laws of Physics will not be denied.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_USS_Missouri_grounding_incident

Here is a happier history:

https://warisboring.com/the-best-designed-battleships-ever-built-41d367c78da8

How To Imagine 8.0658175 X 10^67

http://boingboing.net/2017/03/02/how-to-imagine-52-factorial.html

Some Iconic Photos Of The 20th Century

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http://all-that-is-interesting.com/underrated-iconic-photos

And Now...History Of The Chili Dog. No, No, Do Not Thank me!

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/chili-dog-melting-pot/518202/

And finally, consider the long and convoluted journey the chili dog took to get to your plate. From the ethnic enclaves of Germans and Greeks and Eastern Europeans, from the butcher shops of New York and the meatpacking plants of the Midwest, through industrialization and xenophobia and ingenuity, emerged something wholly new, messy, and distinctly American.