Seven Links to Make Your Life a Little Richer

Throughout the year, I collect a treasure trove of little stories I want to share with you. For various reasons, it doesn’t always happen. But the trove continues to grow. So, before I forget about them, here are a half-dozen from 2022…

1. From The Hustle: a fascinating article on the commercial history of the Ouija board. Read it here.
2. 2. From Mental Floss: Can faking a smile make you happier? Find out what scientists have discovered here.
3. From Forbes: 2022’s highest-paid dead celebrities. Get the details here.
4. From World History Food: a video about American foods that are banned in other countries. Watch it here.
5. From The Guardian: A “coup for poo” – Australia approves the world’s first fecal transplant. Why does it matter? Click here.
6. From The Magazine Project: “What’s in a Face?” – an experiment in tracking cultural changes through images of faces in Time magazine from 1923-2014. Why they did it… how they did it… and what they found out here.
7. From Tableau Public: 30 years of UFO sightings. See the data here.