Ten Quick Bites…

* Crazy: It costs about three cents to produce a single penny. And the US lost more than $93 million producing pennies in 2022 alone. Click here.

* Scary: Last week, I reported that 2023 was the hottest year on record. Now we have even worse news: January 2024 was the hottest month EVER. Globally, air temperatures averaged 13.14 degrees Celsius, breaking the previous record for a single month, set in 2020, by 0.12 degrees. Click here.

* Racism Reality Check: Remember Dave Chappelle’s bit on the Jussie Smollet “incident”? (If not, you can watch it here.) Now here’s Sunny Hostin talking about her “lived experience” watching her son being called the N word on a Florida beach… followed by The Officer Tatum’s take on it.

* Mind-blowing New Technology: The DJI FlyCart 30 is a rugged aerial delivery drone that can make safe deliveries to the most remote and harshest locations in the world. Watch it at work here.

* Fascinating: In this short video, an architect takes a deep dive into the math behind NYC’s iconic street grid. Click here.

* Remarkable: When I was a kid, I loved building miniature cities and landscapes. They were crude. But they were fun to make. I can’t imagine ever turning that sort of fun into this level of detail. This guy is an artist. A very painstaking artist. Click here.

* Athletes Thinking Outside the Box: A look at five of the world’s weirdest winter sports. Click here.

* Brilliant Toyota Ad: “It was a trap!” Click here.

* Sort of Funny: SNL has been bad, very bad, for ages, but this recent bit was clever.

* Amazing: Another animal/human story that you will not be able to resist being inspired by. Click here.