Cool Stuff Daily

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Cool Stuff Daily covers the most interesting and coolest stories in the world of science, progress, life-hacks, memes, exciting art, and hope. This is the antidote to depressing headlines. Smart stuff... more

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October 02, 2024 New Exoplanet Discovered at a Nearby Star, Weird Wednesday - Fat Bear Contest, London Sheep Herding Tradition, a Blue Lobster, and TDIH - The Snail Telegraph
A new exoplanet was discovered circling our nearest star neighbor – and no, I'm not talking about the sun. Weird Wednesday includes a fat bear contest, a sheep herding tradition, and a blue lobster. Plus, on This Day in History, 1851 – the pasilalinic-sympathetic compass promises to provide global communication without the use of electronics – instead, they used snails.
Scientists discover planet orbiting closest single star to our Sun | ScienceDaily
Fat Bear Week 2024 | VOTE (explore.org)
Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant | AP News
Damian Lewis herds sheep over a London bridge in homage to a medieval tradition | AP News
Watch: Aquarium rescues blue lobster from grocery store tank - UPI.com
This week I learned: the snail telegraph – E. H. Mann (ehmannwrites.com)
The Man Who Tried to Invent a Telegraph Made Out of Telepathic Snails (gizmodo.com)

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October 01, 2024 The Latest on Cell Phones and Their Potential to Cause Brain Cancer, a New Piece from Mozart is Discovered, and TDIH - President Lincoln’s Civil War Substitute
The latest on cell phones and their potential tie to brain cancer – what does the research tell us? A new piece from Mozart is discovered in Germany, And on This Day in History, President Lincoln’s Civil War substitute – we’ve got the details.
Scientists Determine If Cell Phone Radiation Causes Brain Cancer (prevention.com)
This Lost Mozart Composition Hasn't Been Heard for Centuries. Now, You Can Listen to It | Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com)
Previously Unknown Mozart Song Discovered in German Library After 200 Years (goodnewsnetwork.org)
Mozart Biography - Opera Philadelphia
John Summerfield Staples and Abraham Lincoln | Local History Articles | Monroe County Historical Association (monroehistorical.org)
The Conscription Act and Abraham Lincoln's Civil War Substitute (warfarehistorynetwork.com)

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September 30, 2024 Comet A3 Visible in the Night Sky and TDIH - The World's First Rocket Propelled Flight
A spectacle in the night sky can be seen now and it will only get brighter and on This Day in History, the world’s first rocket-propelled flight – a publicity stunt, but also an inspiration for future inventors.
Brightening Comet 2023 A3 set to light up autumn sky (bbc.com)
Comet A3 Tracker For The Week Ahead — Where And When To See It (forbes.com)
Fireworks forecast if comet survives risky sun flypast (phys.org)
Car maker Opel’s 1929 publicity stunt to fly world’s first (key.aero)
Today in Engineering History: First Manned Rocket-Propelled Plane Flight (designworldonline.com)

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September 27, 2024 A Balloon that Could Bring Tourists to the Edge of Space & on TDIH; An Endangered Rat Capable of Cracking Coconuts is Confirmed to Exist in 2017
A balloon could soon bring tourists to the edge of space, after undergoing a successful test. We’ll have the details on what it will cost you. And on 'This Day in History', an endangered rat that’s reportedly capable of cracking open coconuts is confirmed to exist -- on a single island -- back in 2017.
So-Called 'Space Balloon' Completes Crucial Test Ahead of Tourist Flights (gizmodo.com)
$125,000 Balloon Trips To Space Closer After Successful Test Flight (forbes.com)
spaceperspective.com/journal/space-perspective-successfully-completes-development-flight-2
Passengers Invited to Experience an Astronaut's Eye View of Earth in a Balloon : ScienceAlert
Giant, tree-dwelling rat discovered in Solomon Islands

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September 26, 2024 Is Tap Water Better for You Than Bottled Water? Mar's Atmosphere May Be in Its Soil, and TDIH - As an Underdog, America Wins What Becomes the Leech Cup
Scientists say drink more TAP WATER – it’s better for you than its store-bought, bottled counterpart, and Mars soil may be hiding the planet’s ancient atmosphere in plain sight – and it could one day be used as rocket fuel. We’ve got the details. Plus, on This Day in History; Bullseye! America wins what becomes the Leech Cup – the oldest trophy in shooting competition – on the final shot over the heavily favored Irish.
Drinking bottled water is much worse for you than tap, scientists find | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Mars' missing atmosphere could be hiding in plain sight | ScienceDaily
THE GREAT RIFLE MATCH - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com
The Great 1874 International Match | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal (ssusa.org)
The Leech Cup | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal (ssusa.org)

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26min
September 25, 2024 Extinct Volcanoes Could Hold the Key to Rare Earth Minerals, Weird Wednesday Includes a Message in a Bottle from an Archeologist 200 Years Ago & on TDIH, the Remote Control is Born
Extinct volcanoes could hold the key to the rare earth minerals require for today’s electronics. Plus it’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has a host of stories, including a message in a bottle from an archeologist 200 years ago. On 'This Day in History,' the telekino, aka a remote control is born in 1906.
Extinct volcanoes a 'rich' source of rare earth elements
Look: Archaeologist's message in a bottle found at dig site 200 years later - UPI.com
Message in a bottle, written 200 years ago by an archaeologist, found on a French clifftop - CBS News
Michigan library closed when bugs crawl out of returned DVD case - UPI.com
A lost cat's mysterious 2-month, 900-mile journey home to California | AP News
The World's First Remote Control

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September 24, 2024 YouTube New Features Announced and TDIH - KFC Opens its First Franchise Location (Hint: It's Not in Kentucky)
YouTube announced more features for both viewers and creators, plus on This Day in History, KFC opens its first franchise location and it’s not in Kentucky!
The Best New Features Coming to YouTube in 2024 (gizmodo.com)
Made on YouTube 2024: Announcements for YouTube creators and viewers (blog.google)
An Antique Employee-Tracking Device: The International Dial Time Recorder Clock - Core77
The History Of KFC – Feedough
KFC - Our Heritage | KFC
KFC | The Colonel's Story Timeline | The Life of Harland Sanders
A struggling franchisee closes 25 KFC restaurants in the Midwest (restaurantbusinessonline.com)
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September 23, 2024 Predicting Catastrophic River Shifts, New Rhino Population Stats, Woolly Rhino Found, and TDIH - A Legendary Video Game Company is Founded - With Playing Cards
The scientific breakthrough that could help us predict catastrophic river shifts. Plus, the global number of rhinos is headed in the right direction, but poaching is also on the rise and a new woolly rhino is found. This Day in History, the founding of what turned into a legendary video gaming company.
Breakthrough study predicts catastrophic river shifts that threaten millions worldwide | ScienceDaily
The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too | AP News
India's one-horned rhino numbers charging ahead, govt says (yahoo.com)
32,400-year-old woolly rhino mummy unearthed with skin, fur intact (interestingengineering.com)
Frozen Mummy of a Subadult Woolly Rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799) from the Late Pleistocene of Yakutia | Doklady Earth Sciences (springer.com)
Nintendo was founded in 1889, nearly a century before the NES | The Vintage News
23 September 1889: Nintendo starts making playing cards | MoneyWeek
From creating Japanese playing cards in 1889 to becoming one of the most iconic video game companies in history, see how Nintendo has evolved | Business Insider India
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September 20, 2024 Voyager 1 Adjustment to Continue Its Mission, Largest Blackhole Discovered, and TDIH - The First Fictitious Band to Hit Number One on the Billboard 100
47 years in and billions of miles from home, Voyager 1 still troubleshoots to explore the great beyond. Staying in space, the largest ever black hole jets have been discovered – and their size is almost incomprehensible. We’ll have the details. And on TDIH, the first fictitious band to hit number one on the Billboard 100.
Voyager 1 survives clogged thruster issue billions of miles away | CNN
NASA's Voyager 1 probe swaps thrusters in tricky fix as it flies through interstellar space | Space
Largest ever black hole jet pair discovered in the distant Universe | BBC Science Focus Magazine
50 Years Later, The Archies' 'Sugar, Sugar' Is Still 'Really Sweet' : NPR
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September 19, 2024 Scuba Diving Lizards, Earth's TWO Moons & TDIH: The First Carpet Sweeper Patented by Melvin Bissell Leads to the First Female CEO
Diving lizards use an air bubble to breathe underwater. What can we learn from this fascinating admiral adaptation? Plus, Earth will soon have two moons…temporarily. And on 'This Day in History; the first carpet sweeper patented by Melvin Bissell also leads to the world’s first female CEO – in 1889.
'Scuba-diving' lizards use bubble to breathe underwater and avoid predators
Earth will soon have a temporary second moon | KTLA
What you need to know about Earth's new, temporary mini-moon - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT5 Captured by Earth from September to November - IOPscience
The First Carpet Sweeper
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