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.
World Issues
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
North Carolina is about to be the tipping point for the fracking debate in America
Get this: North Carolina lawmakers have softened a controversial bill that would have made it a felony to disclose the chemicals used in fracking. Under the version of the law that passed the state legislature on Thursday, the offense has been knocked down to a misdemeanor. But legal… Continue Reading
This is how you get your kids to eat vegetables
Apparently, you make them start early. This is from a new experiment at the University of Leeds, also covered here via the BBC. Here’s the money line from there: “Even if your child is fussy or does not like veggies, our study… Continue Reading
Did you ever stop and think that the military advances people who sacrifice themselves over others, whereas almost every company advances people who sacrifice others for themselves?
Watched this Simon Sinek TED Talk before bed last night and was thinking about it a little more this morning. First of all — and this is a bit of a generalization — but businesses/organizations tend to love having military… Continue Reading
Here’s a map of all the mass shootings in America, 1982-2013
You can’t extrapolate much from the clustered locations, just because they tend to be the same areas with higher populations (NorCal, SoCal, NE Corridor, Houston-Dallas). There’s a good deal more info here courtesy of Mother Jones, and there’s additional context and… Continue Reading
Mark Cuban is a racist? Nope. Mark Cuban was trying to have a conversation. That’s actually a good thing.
There’s the clip. The story that spun off of this alternates between “Mark Cuban is a racist” and “Mark Cuban stirred the racial climate.” In reality, this whole Mark Cuban thing represents two bad elements of society — but not what you’re… Continue Reading
Lower income inequality = higher self-regard and self-satisfaction with your state, apparently
Wrote a little about the growth in income inequality across the 50 states from 1979 to 2012 last week, and now here’s more, via CityLab. Check out this chart: Essentially, the states with the lowest real inequality — as measured by… Continue Reading