This story makes me want to watch the movie again.
"Another of Jeff’s neighbours is the songwriter, who lives in a plush pad. He was played by an actor called Ross Bagdasarian, and he was actually a composer in real life, and made a bit of a name for himself a few years later by creating Alvin and The Chipmunks."
https://alltherightmovies.com/feature/30-interesting-facts-about-rear-window/

On average, each Swede handed in 53 kg of packaging including 23.2 kg of glass, 18.9 kg of paper and 9 kg of plastic. https://www.warpnews.org/green-tech/swedish-record-in-recycling/

"Menopause is a growing destination for the innovation of products and services to meet the needs of hundreds of millions of women. This is a massively untapped market, ripe for investment." https://switchthefuture.com/2022/07/14/the-underserved-market-of-menopause/

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Bartolomé de las Casas versus Christopher Columbus, an essay from The Oatmeal https://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day

Rock magazine Creem is making a comeback https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-09-27/creem-is-risen-a-once-extinct-rock-magazine-is-on-a-quest-to-make-itself-vital-again

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/leftover-star-wars-sets

"These types of doodles – an odd name here and there, modest works of art or even a line of music – are important because they give us a rare glimpse into the real day-to-day life of these medieval scribes." https://theconversation.com/why-so-many-medieval-manuscripts-feature-doodles-and-what-they-reveal-190114

Gosh, this is a fun video that'll cheer you up. "The steady clang of cowbells accompanies the cattle on their long journey from high alpine pastures back into the valley." https://www.dw.com/en/mountain-traditions-costumed-cattle-parade-in-the-alps/av-63380050

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This 2019 article is for us OS/2 fans https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmp8gy/the-forgotten-operating-system-that-keeps-the-nyc-subway-system-alive

Take the title of the last book you read and add, "With a chainsaw." Post results.

Me: Bagman with a Chainsaw

A tool to visualize guitar chords https://muted.io/guitar-chords

Placing a teal pumpkin on your doorstep signals that, in addition to candy, you offer non-food trinkets and treats that are safe for all trick or treaters. https://www.foodallergy.org/our-initiatives/awareness-campaigns/teal-pumpkin-project/map

BART mechanics rely on Frankensteined laptops operating with Windows 98, train yard scraps and vintage microchips to keep Bay Area commuters on the rails. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/17/how-clever-mechanics-keep-50-year-old-bart-trains-running-windows-98-ebay-and-scraps/

The vast majority of children in the UK own a smartphone by the age of 11, with ownership rising from 44% at age nine to 91% at age 11. In the US, 37% of parents of nine- to 11-year-olds say their child has their own smartphone.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220914-whats-the-right-age-to-get-a-smartphone

For so many people, it appears the answer is, "Declare yourself to be an expert; no actual expertise required." https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-become-an-expert-and-navigate-the-bumps-along-the-way

"Shoppers picked through the aisles to procure the finest Les Halles had to offer, which included more different chicken breeds than I knew existed: reddish Estaires from northern France, Faverolles with feathered ankles, crested black-and-white Houdans, jet-black savage-looking La Flèches, and of course, my bleu, blanc, rouge Bresse chickens. "
https://lithub.com/jacques-pepin-on-learning-the-many-ways-to-cook-a-chicken-as-a-young-parisian-chef/