Why everyone thinks they’re the person who did most of the group project
https://www.fastcompany.com/90442117/you-probably-have-an-egocentric-bias-just-like-nearly-everyone-else

Macaroni Draw lets you play with your food. https://neal.fun/macaroni-draw/

Collectors of US-backed debt are no longer allowed to make robocalls to cell phones. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/robocalls-by-debt-collectors-are-illegal-again-thanks-to-supreme-court/

You neeeeeeed this.
https://www.boredpanda.com/ugly-medieval-cats-art

George Orwell was a police officer in British India and quit after five years. That experience shaped his views about restrictions on freedom of speech and individualism. https://slate.com/technology/2020/06/george-orwell-black-lives-matter-police-colonialism.html

Shopping for a new webcam? I gave 3 stars to this Konnek Stein Webcam with Microphone. It's adequate, affordable, and easy to set up. But the video quality is meh. https://amzn.to/31RACUS

If you have the money, you can buy Dave Bowman's space suit from "2001: A Space Odyssey." https://www.juliensauctions.com/exhibition-press-release

In 1776 following a reading of the freshly written Declaration of Independence, a group of New Yorkers descended on Bowling Green in lower Manhattan and physically pulled down a statue of King George III. ...A Philadelphia paper reporting on the incident said that the leaden statue would be melted down to create bullets for the coming war—42,088 bullets, to be exact.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/the-history-behind-the-king-george-iii-statue-meme

A 13th-Century Persian poet's lessons for today https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200622-a-13th-century-persian-poets-lessons-for-today

"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author." --G.K. Chesterton

16th Century Bookwheels, the E-Readers of the Renaissance, Get Brought to Life by 21st Century Designers http://www.openculture.com/2020/07/16th-century-bookwheels-the-e-readers-of-the-renaissance-get-brought-to-life-by-21st-century-designers.html

Fifty years after the battle of Gettysburg, in the greatest gathering of conqueror and conquered, veterans sought a chance to heal while politicians preached patriotic amnesia. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/07/civil-war-soldiers-final-reunion-at-gettysburg/

"The team, which comprises medical physicists and astronomers, is using the same code that has been applied to starlight to model how the light of a laser penetrates breast tissue."
https://www.1843magazine.com/design/beyond-human/how-stargazing-could-save-your-life

Raisin Hell: Physicists finally figured out why microwaved grapes ignite. The team’s discovery took several years and resulted in the deaths of 12 microwaves. (Even heavily modified microwaves “don’t like to run empty” save for two grapes.)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-do-microwaved-grapes-explode

NASA's 'smell of space' is available as a perfume. https://www.engadget.com/nasa-smell-of-space-perfume-kickstarter-145104834.html

Empty stadiums could be affecting sporting outcomes. Data seems to show that the lack of fans create a kind of “negative home advantage.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/sports/soccer/soccer-without-fans-germany-data.html

"The politeness dataset was analyzed to determine the frequency and distribution of words in the polite and nonpolite sentences. Then the team developed a “tag and generate” pipeline to perform politeness transfers."
https://www.futurity.org/communications-politeness-transfer-2396442/

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced John Prine as the state’s first honorary poet laureate.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/john-prine-illinois-honorary-poet-laureate-1023021/

Design electronics like it is 70s at CERN
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNjVlcaYM4Fre6F_AGtX6Jw0K1BIylWILAPAXds9WwPalniCJwPFOX5v8h1T-CtoQ