January 2011
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“Facebook runs on a very stiff, crude model of what people are like. It herds...”
– Lev Grossman’s profile on Mark Zuckerberg for Time
buzzandersen: I think this is the best analysis of Facebook I’ve ever read. “The social equivalent of liver failure” is a genius phrase.
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“Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons,...”
– Dave Barry
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“Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
100 things we didn't know last year →
Some cool facts and accompanying details from the BBC Magazine.
Some of my favorites.
- Dogs mimic their owners.
- China smokes one third of the world’s cigarettes.
- Donald Trump’s hair is real.
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