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 [Money Can Buy Happiness] Apparently, money can buy happiness. A recent study conducted by a senior fellow at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania found a positive association between wealth and satisfaction with life. The data from the study, which was self-published and not peer-reviewed, showed that the happiness gap between rich and middle-income subjects was wider than between middle- and low-income participants. |
| [Passing the Blame] The Secret Service Director was grilled by both parties of Congress and she couldn’t give one proper answer. She said she didn’t know anything, even after 9 days. She needs to be fired. What an embarrassment. She pissed off both Democrats and Republicans. The news networks know more than she does. It’s a wonder Trump wasn’t killed with her crappy security. |
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| [Most Expensive Residential Property] $125 Million. The amount paid for a Manhattan penthouse earlier this month. The penthouse is located in Aman New York at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street. The deal works out to more than $10,000 per square foot in the 12,500-square-foot unit. |
 [Cheap ‘Champagne’] Cava is practically synonymous with cheap bubbles, said Penelope Bass in Imbibe. But with top vintners either eschewing the Cava label or pushing for stricter quality regulations for the Spanish sparkling wine, “there’s never been a better time to get reacquainted with the category.” |
| [Temperatures Around the World] Forecast for today, tomorrow, next 14 days, and much more. Link |
 Richard Simmons‘ life was changed by a note left on his car windshield. At the time he was a 270-pound exchange student in Italy, who’d parlayed his rotund appearance into roles in TV commercials and a Fellini film. “Fat people die young,” read the note. “Please don’t die.” Horrified, Simmons transformed himself through diet and exercise — then rose to fame exhorting others to do the same. Clad in sequined tank tops and skimpy shorts, the hyperkinetic “Pied Piper of Pounds” was America’s top workout guru in the 1980s, writing best-selling diet books, hosting a syndicated workout show, and selling tens of millions of workout videos such as Sweatin’ to the Oldies. With relentless, campy energy, he donned tutus, chanted (“Fat, fat, go away / Give it all to Doris Day”), and hectored his subjects to sweat harder. “People need the court jester,” he said in 2012, “so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do.” |
| Ant gets bee-slapped, and other strange bug moments. Video |
A drunk animatronic bear who was a Disney World fixture for over 50 years has reportedly been cancelled over concerns he could offend alcoholics. |
| [Math Wiz] At age 2, Suborno Isaac Bari memorized the periodic table and recited it in what turned out to be a viral 2014 video. Two years later, President Obama sent Suborno a letter of recognition, prompting Mumbai University to invite him to deliver a physics lecture when he was just 7. In elementary school, he spent afternoons with kids his age and mornings in higher-level classes. Now Suborno is 12, and next month he will start college at New York University, with a full scholarship. He is believed to be the youngest student ever admitted there, and he will study math and physics. Suborno said he’d like to become a professor. “It’s just the curiosity and spark of wanting to learn what’s behind everything,” he said. |
 [Library Website] The Monroe County website for the library is so difficult to navigate. I have wasted many frustrating hours of my life during the last 20 years trying to deal with it. It shouldn’t be this way. |
| [Parenting] If you serve your kids frozen pizza or chicken nuggets for dinner, you are a terrible parent. I don’t care how busy you are, find the time to microwave them. |
 When Miley Cyrus dances nearly nude and licks a hammer, it’s cameo art, but when I do it, I get kicked out of Home Depot! |
| [“Saving an Email”] Cut and paste what you want to print or save from the email. You can name the file anything you want. |
 Can you be allergic to meat? The answer is yes, and it can be life-threatening. This allergy is known as alpha-gal syndrome, commonly called red meat allergy. It can affect people who eat beef, pork, bison, lamb, venison and/or goat. How does this happen? You get bitten by a tick (usually the lone star tick) and that bite transfers alpha gal, a type of sugar molecule found in your body. Your immune system then develops a response to this molecule. When you eat products that contain alpha gal, you have an allergic reaction. Link |
| [Aging] Scientists have moved a step closer to unlocking the secrets of anti-aging after developing a method of extending the lifespan of mammals by 25%. Imperial College London researchers inhibited the protein interleukin 11 (IL-11) in middle-aged mice, and that reportedly improved the animals’ vision, hearing, metabolism, lung health and muscle function, even preventing hair loss and graying. Treated mice lived an average of 155 weeks compared to 120 weeks for untreated ones, with fewer cancers and signs of aging. |
 British jazz and pop singer Amy Winehouse died at the age of 27 on July 23, 2020. Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment after losing a yearslong battle with addiction and mental illness. The crooner was known for her deep, resonant voice and was the first British woman to win five Grammy Awards. |
| [Murder By Police] Prosecutors in Springfield, Illinois, released body-camera footage Monday showing a white sheriff’s deputy fatally shooting an unarmed Black woman, Sonya Massey, who had called 911 about suspected prowlers in her yard on July 6. The deputy, Sean Grayson, was indicted on first-degree murder and other charges last Wednesday then sacked on Thursday. He pleaded not guilty. |
 [Books not eBooks] Why you should buy physical copies of your favorite books. Ebooks are great, but nothing beats a physical copy of your favorite read. Link |
| [Tech Outage Ensnarls Delta] Delta Air Lines canceled more than 800 flights on Monday, struggling to recover from a worldwide technology outage even as most other airlines and affected companies largely resumed normal operations. The outage started Friday when cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike released a faulty update for Microsoft Windows devices, sparking global mayhem at airlines, hospitals, logistics companies and other institutions. Delta was hit especially hard, canceling more than 5,500 flights total. (Editor: Remember when flying was fun?) |
 [Cruise Ships] The Covid-19 pandemic changed many aspects of life, but hopping aboard a cruise ship doesn’t appear to be one of them. The cruise industry is booming at record highs in 2024, representing a jewel in a tourism sector that was largely shut down during the pandemic. Link |
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| [Car Theft] One of the world’s worst countries for car thefts is not one that you might expect. Nevertheless, Canada is dealing with an epidemic of stolen vehicles. The number is staggering: More than 105,000 cars have been stolen in Canada since 2022, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). That translates to one car stolen every 5 minutes. Since February 2024 alone, more than 1,500 vehicles first stolen in Canada have been detected around the world, according to Interpol. |
 [Tattoo Lovers] New research by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found millions of potentially harmful bacteria in sealed bottles of tattoo and permanent makeup ink, including some marked as sterile. Contaminated ink can result in infections or serious injuries because it can “travel from the injection site through the blood and lymphatic systems to other parts of the body. |
| Self-care and skin care rituals have long been connected to improving mood and mental health, but what if the products themselves directly affected your emotions? An emerging beauty trend called neurocosmetics may be the answer to taking the relationship between the mind and beauty to a whole new level. Some product descriptions claim their ingredients can communicate with neurotransmitters in the skin to spark certain emotions or sensations. Link |
 [Button Stealer] A Chrome extension that “steals” a button from every website you open. Button Stealer works automatically. Do your usual everyday online stuff and watch the collection of your stolen buttons grow. It’s fun, useless, and free. Link |
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| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 7/23/24 at 8:46 am. |