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Definitely worth checking out. 8×1067 different configurations for a deck of cards is a pretty big number. It’s been a decade since I took stats in college, but I’m pretty sure the probability of hitting every single one in a shuffling marathon is a lot higher.
Listening to Roderick on the Line waiting for the rain to come in (Taken with instagram)
There’s more water on Jupiter’s moon Europa than there is on Earth
Based on data acquired by NASA’s Galileo satellite, astronomers think the global oceans sloshing around beneath Europa’s icy exterior are likely 2—3 more voluminous than the oceans here on Earth. Not 2—3 times more proportionally, 2—3 times more in total volume.
Illustration by Kevin Hand (JPL/Caltech), Jack Cook (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Howard Perlman (USGS); Spotted on NASA APOD
Guy and Michael Caine
Woody Allen reads “Not A Creature Was Stirring,” his Shouts & Murmurs piece from this week’s New Yorker.
I love humor on the Internet
They did say please (Taken with instagram)
Found out these massive things cost $4 million a pop. They are impressively large. (Taken with instagram)
5 ton metal Mary, pray for us sinners (Taken with instagram)
Give the President a Harrumph!!
“Same-sex couples should be able to get married.”—President Obama
The Politics of Competitive Board Gaming Amongst Friends
kottke.org: Not all YOU can fly
Throughout it’s history, American Airlines has offered a variety of all-you-can-fly passes allowing unlimited first-class travel for life. Several people bought these passes, and actually used them, and when American started realizing how much the top users of AAirpass were costing the airline,…
