"We gathered eight legends from every corner of automotive history at Lime Rock Park to settle it: What’s the greatest sports car ever made?" https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a35002019/greatest-sports-car-of-all-time/

Turn your tree scraps into a tasty treat.
https://modernfarmer.com/2020/12/how-to-eat-your-christmas-tree/

"McTrains are said to have offered two menus (presumably breakfast, then lunch and dinner) comprised of both standard McDonald's fare, but also regional favorites not available in the United States." https://www.thedrive.com/news/38221/the-mctrain-the-rise-and-fall-of-mcdonalds-ambitious-plan-to-conquer-the-railroads

The text cites "modern e-mail software packages including Outlook, Mozilla Mail as well as Netscape Communicator 4.x."
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55475433

This is cool. Watch to the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw&feature=youtu.be

I'm looking forward to several of these -- and I bet you are, too. https://newatlas.com/home-entertainment/best-sci-fi-fantasy-tv-film-coming-2021-highlights-future/

The original owners of this glass must have been careful who they let see it. In England, circa 1745, toasting with it could constitute treason.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/jacobite-codes

The dollhouse-sized replica of rare book dealer John Fleming’s 57th Street gallery went to auction in Chicago this past summer. It sold for $11,250. https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/blog/sale-miniature-replica-mid-century-nyc-rare-booksellers-gallery

If famous literary characters were given very good doggos. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-famous-literary-characters-were-given-very-good-doggos

I WROTE A THING.

Experts lay out the criteria for choosing Biden's CTO, who will be faced with using tech to tackle everything from climate change to vaccine distribution
* It's not clear who President-elect Joe Biden will pick as his chief technology officer, but it's readily apparent that whoever it is will have plenty of big problems to tackle from day one.
($paywall)
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-cto-vaccine-distribution-climate-change-2020-12

Is it an IKEA product or Middle-earth character? https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/639056/quiz-ikea-product-or-middle-earth-character

"The holiday season is upon us and Neil Young is in a charitable mood. Through the end of the year, the legendary songwriter has removed the paywall in front of his formidable online archives and announced that the forthcoming concert film Timeless Orpheum will also be streaming free."
https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/12/neil-young-archive-free-holidays/

"According to anthropologists and psychologists who have studied food in recent years, cuisines from international cultures can take us out of ourselves and help us better understand distinct people and cultures. The secret ingredient is empathy." https://nautil.us/issue/62/systems/eating-for-peace

We don’t know why the universe appears to be expanding faster than it should. New ultra-precise distance measurements have only intensified the problem. https://www.quantamagazine.org/astronomers-get-their-wish-and-the-hubble-crisis-gets-worse-20201217/

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League did everything it could to keep lesbians off the diamond. Seventy-five years later, its gay stars are finally opening up. https://narratively.com/the-hidden-queer-history-behind-a-league-of-their-own/

Paleontologists uncovered a great deal about the “terrible lizards” this year https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/top-ten-dinosaur-discoveries-2020-180976578/

A time machine radio. Pick a decade, country and what you want to hear and have fun https://radiooooo.com

How To Make A Blockbuster Movie Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAOdjqyG37A&feature=youtu.be

Images of the the samples returned to earth from the asteroid Ryugu http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20201225_samples/

Here's How the Ashes of Star Trek's Original Scotty Got Smuggled Aboard the International Space Station https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-how-the-ashes-of-star-treks-original-scotty-got-s-1845953474