The Wiener Zeitung, which is owned by the Austrian government but editorially independent, suffered a sharp decrease in revenue after a recent law dropped a requirement for companies to pay… Read the rest of the article: After 320 Years, 12 Presidents, 10 Emperors and 2 Republics, Wiener Zeitung ends daily print edition

In his How Filmmakers Make Cameras Disappear series, Paul E.T. explores the sneaky techniques necessary to create scenes that will stick with you, long after you've forgotten your childhood home… Read the rest of the article: How filmmakers make crew and camera invisible in mirrors

This black-and-white photo, captured by Gjon Mili, ran in LIFE with the caption "Squatting in the darkness, Picasso draws a distorted spatial centaur. The lines are thick where he drew… Read the rest of the article: An homage to Gjon Mili and Pablo Picasso's Centaur light painting

Founded after the closing of the 1912 Olympic Games, World Athletics (previously known as IAAF) is the sports governing body that has since established what is and isn't accepted as… Read the rest of the article: Every banned Track & Field technique has a story behind it

There is a scene at the end of Sideways, where Miles eats his way through a mélange of emotions after a publisher rejected his book "The Day After Yesterday", while… Read the rest of the article: The Coravin preservation system uses argon to pour wine one glass at a time

One of the emergent viral memes worming it's way into video stream suggestions across the internet is the "By Balenciaga" series that has rapidly evolved over the past 2 months… Read the rest of the article: By Balenciaga meme is an amalgam of AI, Fashion & Pop Culture

Mound Metalcraft was Tonka's original moniker in 1946, established in Mound, Minnesota, where a 3 man startup focused on manufacturing gardening tools using WWII surplus machinery, tools and materials. A… Read the rest of the article: Tonka's name is an homage to Lake Minnetonka

Danny Huynh Creations shoehorns a metric shit-ton of life into incredibly detailed remote-controlled projects that meld motion, sound, and action into pure unadulterated fun. When it comes to animatronics, some… Read the rest of the article: Ingenious animatronics: Danny Huynh's toy-inspired creations are delightful feats of engineering

I recently crossed over the 12-year mark as an Audible user, a whole Chinese Zodiac cycle's worth of audiobooks consumed from the Year of the Tiger [2010] to the Year… Read the rest of the article: At 264 hours, "The Charles Dickens Collection: 10 Novels" is the longest Audible audiobook available right now

Our puppy Faye has recently crossed the 6 month mark and, as an adolescent, still hasn't gotten the hang of Potty Training. We're still homing in on her signals and… Read the rest of the article: If you've got a puppy, Pee Pads are very necessary

The infectious smile beaming forth from this kid living life to the fullest while riding a motorcycle on Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is divine. The beauty of the scenic background… Read the rest of the article: Living vicariously via a kid riding a motorcycle at Salar de Uyuni

Stretching out to fill it's 54.36 acre lot (220 decameters), the largess qualifies use of the term "Gracious Plenty", the Rami Library's military barracks origin is literally turning a sword… Read the rest of the article: Istanbul's Rami Library was a military barracks

Sometimes you hear something as a kid that sets a barbed hook in your mind, like when my mom told me she once fell asleep wearing hard contacts back in… Read the rest of the article: Contact lens applicators and misappropriated memories

The 7 dog years to 1 human year fallacy was empirically corrected when a research team published their 2017 Quantitative Translation of Dog-to-Human Aging by Conserved Remodeling of the DNA… Read the rest of the article: Dog Years is to Human Years as 7 is to 1 = Wrong

Amongst the capabilities lost to antiquity like Damascus steel and Ulfberht swords, Roman concrete with it's Wolverine'esque regenerative capabilities that allows it to weather centuries like no concrete made by… Read the rest of the article: Researchers reverse-engineer Roman concrete

Depending upon where one is from, Decimal Point, Decimal Comma, or both notations are used as a Decimal Mark to separate integers from the fractional portion of a number. Decimal… Read the rest of the article: Do you use a point or comma as decimal separator?

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making ("NPRM") that would "ban employers from imposing noncompetes on their workers, a widespread and often exploitative practice that… Read the rest of the article: FTC proposes new rule to ban non-compete clauses

As a ramen aficionado who cut his teeth by unsuccessfully cooking Neoguri, Maruchan and Top Ramen in my 90s dorm room Mr. Coffee, ramen hacks are a favorite thing for… Read the rest of the article: Add Kewpie mayonnaise + 1 egg to instant ramen for extra kokumi

YouTube's algorithm served me a video in December that delved into Japanese synthetic rubber cutting boards used by sushi chefs, and one video led to another and then another, and… Read the rest of the article: You are so worth an Asahi synthetic rubber cutting board

Kokumi is another word that just about everyone has experienced and understands, however without an actual "word", the topic is an internal one for most and thus goes undiscussed; hanging… Read the rest of the article: Kokumi: The sixth-ish taste that adds richness and depth to savory foods