Quick Bites: Love It or Loathe It, Fireball Over Denver, Only in Africa, the So-Called “Cheerios Effect,” and a World Capitals Quiz

1. The most controversial foods in America. Click here.

2. Watch a meteor light up the Colorado night sky. (It looks just like it does in the movies!) Click here.

3. Zambia-Egypt plane seizure. The cash and fake gold that no one is claiming. Click here.

4. The physics of fire ant rafts. Click here.

5. Test your knowledge of world capitals. (I aced this one!) Click here.

Quick Bites: Big-Time Splurges, Swiftie Power, the Voice in Your Head, AI Johnny Cash, and the Jacques Cousteau of Flies

1. What wealthy Americans are splurging on… (It’s not cars or watches.) Click here.
2. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour generates $5 billion in consumer spending. Click here.
3. The strange world of how we think and the pros and cons of inner speech. Click here.
4. Have you heard this?It’s an AI-generated recording of Johnny Cash’s voice singing “Barbie Girl.” Click here.
5. The Jacques Cousteau of flies. Click here.

Quick Bites: Big Cities Lose Big, New Booze Guidelines, Recycled Playground Animals, Digital Clones, and a Quiz About the Stock Market 

1. Big Blue cities lose trillions as major firms move south. Click here.
2. Biden’s alcohol czar warns Americans could soon be told to limit themselves to just two drinks per week. Click here.
3. I’m not a fan of Mayor Adams. And for all I know, he had nothing to do with this. But I was happy to see that the city found a way to recycle worn-out playground animals. Click here.
4. A Japanese company is developing digital doubles – i.e., personalized digital clones. Click here.
5. Try your hand at this stock market quiz from Quiz Daily. I got 18 out of 20. Not great for someone who’s been involved in investment publishing for 30 years. Click here.

Quick Bites: A Map of Market Cap, Justin Trudeau Blasted, Nomophobia, Europe for Art Lovers, and Changing Drinking Habits in the US 

1. Visualizing the World’s 50 Most Valuable Companies. Click here.
2. Justin Trudeau Blasted After Transwoman Smashes Canadian Powerlifting Records. Click here.
3. Explaining Nomophobia (the fear of not having a working cellphone). Click here.
4. Europe’s Most Artistic Cities. Click here.
5. Young Adults Are Drinking Less. Click here.

Quick Bites: New COVID Variant, RFK Jr.’s Latest Conspiracy Theory, Social Experiment, Filthiest US Cities, and Magic Mushrooms 

1. What You Should Know About the New Dominant COVID Variant. Click here.
2. If You Think RFK Jr. Is Nuts (and You May Be Right)… you won’t believe what he’s saying now. Click here.
3. “I’m hungry. Can you help me?” A social experiment outside a supermarket. Click here.
4. The Dirtiest Cities in America – based on citizen complaints. Click here.
5. In case you missed it: Janet Yellen’s Recent “Trip” in China. Click here.

Quick Bites: Small Towns, Big Pharma, Education as a Scam, Sleep Advice, & a History Quiz

1. The 20 Best Small Towns for Retirement. HGTV recently listed their choices for America’s best small (less than 100,000 people) cities for retirees. They based their evaluation on the average cost and standard of living. Some of their choices surprised me. In a good way. Click here.
2. Big Pharma, Big Greed. An AARP analysis found that the 25 most expensive drugs for Medicare Part D plans have, on average, more than tripled in price since entering the market. Sanofi’s Lantus, an insulin pen, has jumped 739% since 2000. Click here.
3. College Rip-Off. In Taki’s Magazine, John Stossel says college is now “an overpriced scam.” Click here.
4. What’s the Best Position for Sleeping? Click here and here.
5. History Quiz: Number One Hits of the 1960s. One of the first times I scored a 10 out of 10 on these self-quizzes. Click here.

Five Quick Bits You Might Enjoy 

1. What’s Your EQ? I scored a 9 out of 10 on this self-test. I wasn’t being honest as much as figuring out what the right answer was. Click here.
2. The McDonald’s Vegan Burger Taste Test. Click here.
3. All your favorite alcohols ranked by sugar content. Click here.
4. Does my outfit offend you? This is a bit that PragerU does now and then. What I like best is how trained these college kids are in political correctness. Click here.
5. They say that twins have a connection that is unique. Click here and here for two little clips – one of twin chimpanzees and one of twin girls. Tell me if this isn’t inspiring!

* Time’s list of the 100 best movies in the last century. Click here.

* From Vox: A good, succinct history of why cruise ships have gotten so big. Click here.

* Talk about luxury! Take a look at this posh public restroom in China.

* Who is the only living president whose ancestors were NOT slave holders? (Hint: It isn’t Obama.) Click here.

* How to restore a $3 pair of Air Jordans. Click here.

* From The Huffington Post: A disturbing (and disturbingly superficial) account of how Barbie is inspiring many to end relationships. Click here.

* China’s internet regulator announced plans to curb teen phone use with a two-hour daily internet limit for 16- to 18-year-olds and by blocking their mobile internet access between 10 pm and 6 am. Click here.

* You never know what could happen when you stop paying your rent. Here’s a story about one couple that gambled on holding back rent payments and ended up losing control of an art collection worth millions.

* From CNN Travel: A short video report on a Danish man that spent 10 years visiting every country in the world (200) without flying. Click here.

* What to do when you run into a shark. Click here.

* Five songs that reference J. Robert Oppenheimer. Click here.

* 10 movies about scientific discovery like Oppenheimer. Click here.

* Four other movies about Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb:

The Day After Trinity (Academy Award winning documentary, 1981)

Oppenheimer (TV mini series, with Sam Waterson as Oppenheimer, 1980)

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023)

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2009)