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FRANCE

France Passes Law Protecting Cow Poop and Duck Quacks as 'Sensory Heritage'
The legislation comes after numerous cases of wealthy French urbanites suing local residents because their animals were too ‘noisy.’
Gabriel Geiger
1.26.21
GAMES

This Game Lets You Build the Transit System of Your Dreams in the Real World
NIMBY Rails is a train-building simulator that doesn't have maps and levels. There's just Earth.
Aaron Gordon
1.26.21
Science

Money Actually Can Buy Happiness, Study Says
Researchers have learned that earning more than $75K a year does, in fact, make you happier.
Matthew Gault
1.26.21
virtual property

Landlords Want to Make Virtual Reality Just as Hellish as Real Life
With property values declining due to the pandemic, some real estate moguls are investing in virtual spaces they can fully control.
Josh Gabert-Doyon
1.26.21
qanon

So Weird How Fox News Hosts Keep Defending QAnon
Fox News is on its way to becoming the QAnon network.
David Gilbert
1.26.21
Coronavirus

UK Plan To Give Vulnerable People Vitamin D This Winter Is Only Just Starting
The UK government is under fire, once again, this time over a “half hearted” effort to get supplements to people who have stayed inside due to COVID-19.
Mattha Busby
1.26.21
ANIMALS

Cats Are Getting Sick of Their Owners in Lockdown
All that time spent cooped up inside is reportedly making some more aggressive.
Pierre Longeray
1.26.21
Freediving

How This Guy Dives 112 Metres Underwater with a Single Breath
World-record-holding freediver Arnaud Jerald on his breathing techniques and what happens to your mind that far down.
Pierre Longeray
1.26.21
MyPillow

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Banned From Twitter For Good
Even his pillow’s “patented, interlocking fill” won’t be enough to give MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell a peaceful night’s sleep right now.
David Gilbert
1.26.21
Yemen

A Yemeni Family Was Repeatedly Attacked by U.S. Drones. Now, They're Seeking Justice
Yemenis who say their families and lives have been destroyed by seven erroneously-targeted attacks seek to hold the U.S. accountable for its war on terror, and have filed a petition against the government.
Leah Feiger
Nick Turse
1.26.21
housing

An Estate Agent Said the COVID Pandemic Has Been a 'Blessing in Disguise'
The coronavirus may have killed almost 100,000 people in the UK, but at least houses are even more expensive.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
1.26.21
Sex and Dating

How the ‘Millennial Divorce’ Became the Defining Break-Up of a Generation
As modern couples choose to cohabit without tying the knot, splitting up after buying a house together has been dubbed the “millennial divorce”.
Serena Smith
1.26.21
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