Lloro, Colombia gets 523.6 inches of rain annually. Holy hell.
From here: There is some argument on this topic in weather circles, but it is hard to argue that 2-3 of the top 10 global wettest places do reside in Colombia.
Fundamental Explainers
This is my blanket category for the site; it’s an attempt to explain a concept in a deeper way.
Uber had a $1.2 billion funding round, but please don’t think it’s worth $17 billion
It was the (single-biggest) funding round of all-time, surpassing Facebook from years ago, and it’s been confirmed on their official blog. The valuation is $17 billion, one of the largest tech start-up valuations ever, and it appears “the sharing economy” may be well… Continue Reading
Maybe it would make sense to think about corporate life in athlete terms
This article on work-life balance ideologies as relate back to sports is getting some traction at Harvard Business Review, and rightfully so, as ’tis interesting: This brings us, finally, to the exertion–recovery balance that Loehr and Schwartz see great athletes managing so well.… Continue Reading
Do y’all think Julie Bowen was drunk on her episode of Hollywood Game Night? Quite possibly.
Go to around 2:40 on the above clip and judge for yourself; later in this same show, which I just discovered on Hulu yesterday, Jason Alexander refers to her as “high.” I honestly have no idea what the purpose of… Continue Reading
Jock Hutton is 89 and a D-Day veteran. He parachuted into Normandy on the anniversary.
You can see the headcam version here: When he landed, he got to chat with Prince Charles for a while (cool). 70 years ago today, this was his deal: Aged just 19, he was one of the first to land… Continue Reading
We have the U.S. Navy to thank for the origins of happy hour
If you’ve ever wondered where the term comes from: The term “happy hour” originated from sailors in the United States Navy who used the term to describe the period of time during the day scheduled for entertainment. In the 1920′s,… Continue Reading
How to save more money: start by feeling more powerful, and thinking that power is connected to savings
So says new research from the Stanford PhD dissertation of Emily Garbinsky: Through a series of five experiments, the authors showed that feeling powerful — defined as having control over valuable resources — is a pleasant state that individuals are… Continue Reading
What Greyhound Bus Lines is doing might be the future of business in America
Greyhound turned 100 this year — by contrast, Google is about 17 — and you can easily argue that the relevance of the brand, aside from broke-arse college kids trying to get home for holidays and/or “last-ditch options” when flights are grounded,… Continue Reading