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RT @ThamKhaiMeng@twitter.com
This arrow by mathematician and sculptor Kokichi Sugihara can't point left. Here's how it works: It's 3D-printed with a bunch of curves our brains don't register.

Why does everyone say Tower (singular) of Hanoi when there are clearly three of them?

Maybe only the completed tower of disks counts, not the two empty spikes.

Captain: Scan for the reptiloid queen's eggs!

Science officer: I'm afraid we can't detect them, ma'am.

C: Why not?

SO: Well, um.

C: Yes?

SO: They're protected by, um.

C: Out with it, man!

SO: *sigh* A cloacing device.

... and away we go! [description: ceramic Jack-o-lanterns, on sale August 4]

RT @qikipedia@twitter.com
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) was so thin that he was nicknamed 'The Bottomless Pitt’.

I have several students who have taken up lockpicking as a hobby. How much of that is due to Skyrim?

RT @sadanduseless@twitter.com
Real estate agents get to see houses of all shapes and sizes, from modest to mansion, along with some truly interesting architectural choices. sadanduseless.com/weird-interi

RT @AmarAmarasingam@twitter.com
July 28
Gilroy: 3 dead, 12 injured

August 3
El Paso: 20 dead, 26 injured

August 4
Dayton: 9 dead, 16 injured

If there were 3 ISIS-inspired attacks killing 32 and injuring 54 across 3 states in one week CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE the policy options we would be discussing right now.

RT @qikipedia@twitter.com
Earlier this week, Ethiopia planted 350 million trees in a single day - this exceeds the previous world record by 300 million trees.

(Image: Rkantckd.)

RT @qikipedia@twitter.com
91.4% of anxious people's worries do not come to pass.

The Tigard @RegalMovies@twitter.com ticket sales screen said "Hobbs && Shaw", so I guess it's a short-circuited boolean and.

RT @MBoffin@twitter.com
I was about to complain about how busy it is today at @Powells@twitter.com Books. Then I realized, wait a minute... why the hell am I complaining about "too many people" interested in BOOKS‽‽ This is the opposite of a problem. 😄❤️📚

RT @HawkConservancy@twitter.com
When you try to get some 'hidden camera' footage but your Burrowing Owls immediately find your camera...

RT @jmspool@twitter.com
Domino’s will ask the Supreme Court to reverse the 9th Circuit decision that their website should be accessible to the blind.

In court docs, Domino’s revealed it would’ve cost $38,000 to make it accessible.

They’re fighting this.

cnbc.com/2019/07/25/dominos-as

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