They can’t just leave it up there, so the plan includes specifics on how NASA and its partners will destroy the iconic station in less than ten years. https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/331181-nasa-reveals-how-and-when-it-will-destroy-the-international-space-station

Aroostook County will be the first to have a dog stationed at the courthouse that is specifically trained to comfort people who are dealing with traumatic experiences. https://bangordailynews.com/2022/03/01/news/aroostook/first-maine-courthouse-pup-joam40zk0w/

It’s estimated that 60% of Ikea purchases are impulse buys. https://thehustle.co/how-ikea-tricks-you-into-buying-more-stuff/

A 3200-year old attendance sheet found in Egypt. Reasons for worker absence include “embalming brother,” “brewing beer,” and “bitten by scorpion.”
Dunno about you, but I'm putting these on my next time sheet.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/spc2rj/this_is_a_3200year_old_attendance_sheet_found_in/

People are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine as a form of direct aid — telling hosts it's a gesture of solidarity. In 2 days, more than 61,000 nights were booked, grossing nearly $2 million, the company said.

Sting has just re-recorded “The Russians” https://www.instagram.com/tv/CavQo-xF4xp/

The gigs that changed music forever. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/11/ziggy-bows-out-madonna-scares-the-pope-and-dylan-goes-electric-50-gigs-that-changed-music

My Amazon review of _1632_ by Eric Flint

The best element in this time travel book is its premise. Instead of a single person thrown into another place-and-time, an entire West Virginian town is dropped into Germany during the 30-years war. Worth it for the world-building despite plot/pacing unsteadiness.
https://amzn.to/3hEaOSI

Hobbit porn has plenty of shortcomings.

Archaeologists located the wreck site of the last African slave ship and hope to recover barrels, casks, bags, and even DNA traces of enslaved people. https://hyperallergic.com/712192/the-search-for-artifacts-aboard-clotilda-the-last-american-slave-ship/

One of the most heartbreaking cultural losses of the conflict in the Ukraine is the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum, which Russian forces burned down. https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/03/04/she-was-ukraines-folk-art-heroine/

"The Radar Interference Tracker (RIT) is a new tool created by Ollie Ballinger that allows anyone to search for and potentially locate active military radar systems anywhere on earth." https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/02/11/radar-interference-tracker-a-new-open-source-tool-to-locate-active-military-radar-systems/

A gold-hilted dagger found in the tomb of King Tut surprised archaeologists when they discovered that it was made of a material forged in outer space. Now, two new studies are painting conflicting pictures of the origins of the mysterious weapon. https://www.livescience.com/king-tut-dagger-outer-space-origin

Well of COURSE you want a dedicated pizza oven. My friend wrote this comparison, and I can assure you that he used every one of 'em extensively.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/cnn-underscored/best-pizza-oven

It isn't every day that one of my writers says, "I'll be late to the meeting because I'm being interviewed by Wired."

https://www.wired.com/2022/03/geeks-guide-business-owners/

It really does work.

“Rocket science may take us to outer space,” the proposal’s authors added in a related article. “But it will be human relationships that determine if we thrive as a spacefaring civilization.” https://www.mic.com/life/sex-in-space-research-space-sexology

Nothing like this had happened before in the gallery's 138-year history. If Dr No wasn't responsible, then the culprit had to be a similarly cunning, experienced, and well-funded international criminal mastermind. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220221-the-duke-the-bus-driver-a-goya-masterpiece

“Glass plate photos had preserved the faces of miners, merchants and their families, staring up at the living from the seabed.” https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/feb/27/doomed-ship-of-golds-ghostly-picture-gallery-is-plucked-from-the-seabed