Cool Stuff Ride Home

By Cool Stuff Ride Home

Covering the most interesting and coolest stories that you may have missed around the world in about 15 minutes a day. Cool Stuff Ride Home looks at science, progress, life-hacks, memes, exciting art,... more

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August 21, 2020Fri. 08/21 - Dinner Reservations That Require DNA Samples
The 3D-printed sushi restaurant that takes a DNA sample with your reservation. Why we may not remember much of our day-to-day lives during the pandemic. The return of mouse-sized elephants. And the emerging trend of drive-thru haunted houses.

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Tokyo Restaurant Offers 3D-Printed Sushi Tailored to Your Health Needs (My Modern Met)
SUSHI TELEPORTATION (Open Meals)
We won’t remember much of what we did in the pandemic (Financial Times)
Tiny elephant shrew species, missing for 50 years, rediscovered (The Guardian)
Search for Lost Species (Global Wildlife Conservation)
Kenya's Elephant Population Has Doubled Since 1980s (NPR)
Netflix's Stranger Things Gets a Drive-Thru Haunted House (io9)
Tokyo has a drive-in haunted house. And it's terrifying (CNN)
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August 20, 2020Thu. 08/20 - Zines & Floppy Disks: Making a 2020 Comeback?
Talking about lots of old media today. Vice wants to send you physical zines through USPS. It turns out a number of industries are still using floppy disks. A new online database fifty years in the making and created by Julia Child’s former neighbor. And some crop art celebrating Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

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Introducing The Mail, a Newsletter and Zine About the USPS (VICE)
Vice wants to send you print mail to help you understand the plight of the United States Postal Service (Nieman Lab)
Boeing 747s Still Use Floppy Disks to Get Software Updates (Gizmodo)
Why The Floppy Disk Is Still Used Today (Digital Trends)
A Database of 5,000 Historical Cookbooks Is Now Online, and You Can Help Improve It (Atlas Obscura)
thesifter.org

Kamala Harris crop art turns up near Lawrence (KMBC News)
Crop artist spells out 'Thank You' in Kansas field to honor essential workers (KAKE ABC)
EARTHWORK (Chris Ordal, Vimeo)
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17min
August 19, 2020Wed. 08/19 - A US Unit of Measurement Is Being Retired & The Swiss Have Chocolate Snow
Did you know we have two different measurements for feet in the US? Like the twelve inches on a ruler. There are two different versions. But not for long. Some good news regarding the prospects for a COVID-19 vaccine. A new Girl Scout cookie and why the cookies seem to vary from state to state. And a Swiss town that got a very delicious surprise snowstorm last week.

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America Has Two Feet. It’s About to Lose One of Them (NY Times)
What the immune response to the coronavirus says about the prospects for a vaccine (Nature)
There's a new French toast–inspired Girl Scout cookie coming for 2021 (Good Morning America)
This Map of Girl Scout Cookies Differences Based on Location Is Crazy (Wide Open Eats)
Snowing cocoa? Chocolate factory glitch dusts Swiss town (AP)
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16min
August 18, 2020Tue. 08/18 - The Lost Colony Was Never Lost
Debunking some misconceptions about women’s suffrage on the hundredth anniversary of American women gaining the right to vote. Busting the myth of the Lost Colony. Facebook and NYU are trying to make MRIs better for patients using artificial intelligence. And a website that will replicate the white noise of your office.

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Facebook and NYU use artificial intelligence to make MRI scans four times faster (The Verge)
Myths About the 19th Amendment and Women's Suffrage Debunked (TIME)
Suffrage at 100: A Visual History (The NY Times)
‘Finish the Fight’: A Special Digital Theater Performance Celebrates 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote (The NY Times)
‘The mystery is over’: Researchers say they know what happened to ‘Lost Colony’ (The Virginian Pilot)
The Mystery of the 'Lost Colony' Has Been Answered; What Really Happened to Them? (Tech Times)
Sound of Colleagues

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19min
August 17, 2020Mon. 08/17 - Smog-Eating Murals & An Announcement
Scientists find the Butterfly Effect does not exist in the quantum world. Dennis Quaid has adopted a cat named Dennis Quaid. The mural in Warsaw that eats smog. The curious case of beer hidden in the shelves of the Walla Walla Public Library. And a special podcast announcement.

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Scientists Have Shown There's No 'Butterfly Effect' in the Quantum World (Vice)
The Time Traveler's Almanac

Dennis Quaid adopts cat also named Dennis Quaid (A/V Club)
The Pet Show with Dennis Quaid and Jimmy Jellinek (iHeart Radio)
Beautiful Mural in Warsaw Eats Up Smog, Purifying The Air Equal to 720 Trees (Good News Network)
A stash of beer and gum that dates back to the 1980s was discovered hidden behind the shelves of a Washington library (CNN)
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19min
August 14, 2020Fri. 08/14 - A New Ice Cream Truck Song & A New Dinosaur
It’s a brand new world today. There’s a new ice cream jingle from Good Humor and RZA. A new dinosaur was discovered in England. Some books of classic literature are being published under new names. And a new use for Little Free Libraries.

Links:
‘George Eliot’ joins 24 female authors making debuts under their real names (The Guardian)
New Dinosaur Found on Isle of Wight Beach is Related to the T-Rex (Gizmodo)
New dinosaur related to T. rex discovered on Isle of Wight (BBC)
RZA Wrote a New Jingle for Ice Cream Trucks to Replace 'Turkey in the Straw' (Rolling Stone)
Recall That Ice Cream Truck Song? We Have Unpleasant News For You (NPR)
Little Free Pantries: Addressing food insecurity during COVID (Christian Science Monitor)
Mini Pantry Movement

Little Free Library

The Fast and the Furious (on a budget) (Budget Boyz, YouTube)
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17min
August 13, 2020Thu. 08/13 - The Australian Wastewater Treatment Plant Powered By Leftover Beer
Some facts about left-handedness for International Left Handers Day. Why you should invest in bird poop. Why Tony Hawk just renamed the “mute air” skateboard trick. And how Australian bars turned their excess expired beer from lockdown into renewable energy.

Links:
Left Handers Day, August 13th (Left Handers Day)
15 Things You Never Knew About Left-Handed People (Reader’s Digest)
Geneticists Are Untangling the Mystery of Left-Handedness (Gizmodo)
Why is left-handedness rare? It comes down to these 2 words (Fast Company)
Seabird poop is worth millions, say scientists trying to save the birds (CNN)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Renames Trick To Properly Honor Its Deaf Creator (Kotaku)
Beer unsold during lockdown has been turned into renewable energy (CNN)
AMC theaters to return this month with 15-cent tickets and old favorites (Mashable)
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19min
August 12, 2020Wed. 08/12 - Sleepover At the Last Blockbuster in the World
The “rumor clinics” that combated fake news during World War II. How scientists have turned ordinary bricks into supercapacitors. Why some groceries are still tough to come by. And your chance to have a sleepover at the last remaining Blockbuster in the world.

Links:
How 'Rumor Clinics' Fought Fake News 80 Years Ago (Mental Floss)
During WWII, 'Rumor Clinics' Were Set Up to Dispel Morale-Damaging Gossip (Atlas Obscura)
Clever chemistry turns ordinary bricks into electricity storage devices (The Conversation)
Why Are Some Groceries Still So Hard to Find During Covid? (Wall Street Journal)
You can soon rent the world's last Blockbuster on Airbnb (AV Club)
End of Summer Sleepover at The Last BLOCKBUSTER (Airbnb)
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21min
August 11, 2020Tue. 08/11 - How To Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower
Is it a good idea to clean your face mask by putting it in the rice cooker? The weird defunct rides of Disney theme parks past. Why scientists want farmers to paint their cows butts. And how to watch the Perseid meteor shower tonight.

Links:
Decontaminate your N95 mask with a rice cooker (Popular Mechanics)
Electric cooker an easy, efficient way to sanitize N95 masks, study finds (Science Daily)
Defunct Disney Rides and Lands (Mental Floss)
Alien Encounter: The Life and Death of Walt Disney World's Scariest Ride Ever (Mental Floss)
Painting Eyes on The Butts of Cattle Can Protect Them From Lions, Research Shows (Science Alert)
Perseid Meteor Shower: Watch It Peak in Night Skies (NY Times)
Perseid meteor shower viewing guide (Syfy)
The Perseid Meteor Shower of 2020 Peaks tonight! Here's how to watch live. (Space.Com)
LiveMeteors.com: Listen live to meteors radio echoes

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August 10, 2020Mon. 08/10 - Rent-A-Pineapple
A new face mask that can translate in eight languages. Tips for lifting your mood as lockdown measures and remote working stretch on. Why people used to rent pineapples. And the renaissance-era wine windows experiencing a comeback in Italy.

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Links:
This Japanese face mask translates into eight languages (CNN)
Startup Developed a Smart Face Mask That Translates Speech Into Eight Different Languages (iTech Post)
How to lift your mood during the long-haul of remote work (Fast Company)
The Super Luxe History of Pineapples—And Why They Used to Cost $8000 (Mental Floss)
How Hawaii Lost Its Last Queen, Liliuokalani, to the Fruit Tycoons at Dole (Newsweek)
Italy Used "Wine Windows" During The Plague And Now They Are Open Again Because Of The Coronavirus (BuzzFeed)
Florence's Forgotten Renaissance 'Wine Windows' Are Open Again for Business (Wine Spectator)
NEWS & SO (Buchette del Vino)
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