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Fauci tests positive for Covid-19. Fauci, 81, has mild symptoms and has been boosted twice
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US report: nearly 400 crashes of automated tech vehicles from last July to May 15. It would be interesting to see how many "human" crashes occurred during the same time period.
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Flooding closes Yellowstone, in a sign of crises to come. Record rainfall and mudslides forced closures just as tourism season ramped up. Virtually none of America’s national parks are untouched by extreme weather and climate change.
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WATCH: Florida woman records giant alligator's mating call in Apopka. Yep, it's Florida.
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Sleeping on your side can literally clean your brain. Personal experience: move the dog first.
Also: Americans take way too much melatonin.
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Four cheese brands to avoid right now, including Kraft Singles, which technically isn't cheese but a "pasteurized prepared cheese product".
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Russia is 'hemorrhaging' millionaires. As Western sanctions make life harder for its elite, Russia is predicted to suffer a net loss of around 15,000 high net-worth individuals (HNWIs) - defined as people with more than $1 million in assets - in 2022, compared to 5,500 in 2019, according to the report. That equates to about 15% of Russia's millionaire population.
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Physicists link two time crystals in seemingly impossible experiment. What could go wrong?
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Extreme heat is bad for everyone's health -- and it's getting worse. Of all the natural disasters, heat is the No. 1 killer, studies show. And as temperatures continue to rise because of the climate crisis, scientists expect it to make even more people ill.
Also: Remember how renewables were blamed for the Texas winter power crisis? Now, wind and solar power are 'bailing out' Texas amid record heat and energy demand.
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'Squid Game' reality series coming to Netflix with biggest cash prize in TV history. The streaming home to the hit survival drama announced 'Squid Game: The Challenge,' with 456 players in real-life competition in a series of games for a record-setting $4.56 million purse.
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So long, Internet Explorer. The browser retires today. And good riddance.
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Plants appear to be breaking biochemistry rules by making 'secret decisions'. "We found that plants control their respiration in a way we did not expect, they control how much of the carbon from photosynthesis they keep to build biomass by using a metabolic channel."
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Miscellany:
Birthdays:
- 1910 - David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990) (Video)
- 1916 - Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
- 1917 - Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (d. 1996)
- 1921 - Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977) (Video)
- 1932 - Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (d. 2015)
- 1937 - Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) (Video)
- 1941 - Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1994) (Video)
- 1949 - Jim Varney, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 2000) (Video)
- 1954 - Jim Belushi, American actor (Video)
- 1963 - Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer
- 1964 - Courteney Cox, American actress and producer
- 1969 - Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1970 - Leah Remini, American actress and producer
- 1973 - Neil Patrick Harris, American actor and singer (Video)
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On this date in:
- 1844 - Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
- 1864 - Arlington National Cemetery is established
- 1878 - Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
- 1916 - United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
- 1969 - "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premieres on CBS TV. (Video)
- 1991 - In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
Today is:
Fly a Kite Day, Global Wind Day, Justice for Janitors Day, Magna Carta Day, National Electricity Day, National Kiss a Wookiee Day, National Lobster Day, National Megalodon Day, National Smile Power Day, Native American Citizenship Day, Nature Photography Day, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
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Comments, tweets and observations:
Millions of Seniors move to Florida for the climate, and then stay
indoors all day with A/C to avoid the climate.
-John Fugelsang
Republicans who accepted NRA money to keep gun laws from being passed
now want taxpayer money to keep Republicans from being shot.
-Middle
Age Riot
I also didn't win the 2020 presidential election. $250 million, please!
-Stephen
Colbert
Today was President Trump's 76th birthday. Pretty impressive. 76, and he
can still get an insurrection.
-Seth Meyers
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