This week in the Lounge, Ron and Amber join Dan to talk about the Establishing of Amnesty International, Microplastics in Testicles, A new habitable planet, and crows that can count out loud. They move on to talking about a twist on a classic invoicing scam before a game of fact checkin’ time and some feel good news about overcoming biases.

Amnesty International Origins

The Forgotten Prisoners

Microplastics detected in human testicles, troubling researchers

Gliese 12 b the search for a new earth

Crows can count out loud, startling study reveals

2 Ghanaian-Americans arrested over US$7m global fraud scheme

Most images show highway in China, not Texas

The Traffic in Tokyo VS Houston

New version of old cockroach X-ray hoax circulates in Nigeria and Kenya

AI from Google says Cockroaches climb up pee holes

Average Net Worth of 30-Year-Old American Is -$1,043?

For the First Time, the U.S. is Spending More on Debt Interest than Defense

Algorithms help people see and correct their biases, study shows

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