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Just waking up

LPT: Never touch someone’s wheelchair in public without asking them first, even if it looks like they’re struggling. It’s like going up to someone and physically dragging them somewhere.

LPT: At a desk job, fill your water bottle only to half it's capacity, so that you get up more frequently.

Trump admin awards N95 contract far above normal price to bankrupt company with no employees: report

set this man free

The Subways Seeded the Masssive Coronavirus Epidemic in New York City

Jovian Cephalopod Pareidolia

I took photos for 27 hours to reveal this huge region of nebulosity (IC405 & IC410). It would appear 5 times bigger than the moon if our eyes were more sensitive to light.

At 1,600 light years away, this is the Cygnus Wall. I captured it with 8 hours of exposure time.

By waiting until our orbits aligned perfectly, I was able to get this crystal clear shot of Mars from my backyard. [OC]

TIL Stanley Kubrick wanted to use Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother suite in A Clockwork Orange. Pink Floyd's bassist Roger Waters refused when he found out Kubrick would edit the music to fit the film. Later, Waters asked Kubrick to use sounds from 2001: A Space Odyssey on a record. Kubrick refused.

TIL Getty Images, a company infamous for sending threatening letters requesting payment when their photos are used without permission, was sued for more than $1 billion in damages when they mistakenly demanded a “settlement payment” from a photographer for her own work.

LPT Stop saving that nice bottle of wine for a “special occasion.” You’ll probably never drink it and it may even go off before you get the chance. Instead just pick an evening and drink it with friends or family. Just opening it will make a special occasion.

Reached just as the sun was setting. Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh [OC] [3353x4471] IG:@sharad_bhat

Latin name for first discovered alien?

65 percent of U.S. adults say Donald Trump was too slow to respond to COVID-19 outbreak: poll

Go to your grave

Hot pockets

LPT: If you accidentally smash a glass object in your home and need to find any small pieces, shine your phone’s flashlight back and forth across the floor. Any tiny bits of glass on the floor will shimmer in the light.

Cuomo issues order allowing New Yorkers to obtain marriage licenses over Zoom The order also allows clerks to conduct ceremonies over video

Marbula E: Paris M-Prix

Next-Generation Lab Nanodevice Designed to Detect Bacteria and Viruses

Depressed fridge opener

Michael Jordan Wins 8-Year Legal Battle Against Chinese Knockoff Brand

Frequent porn use is not a sufficient indicator of problematic use. In fact, the number of people with non-problematic high-frequency pornography use was 3-6 times higher than the number of people with problematic high-frequency use

Stanford study shows Covid-19 seroprevalence, indicating population rates may be 50-85x higher than previously reported, with correspondingly lower case mortality.

NASA and SpaceX plan to launch the first astronauts from US soil in nearly a decade on May 27

TIL the strongest correlation with high IQ and personality traits is openness. It is thought individuals with a high level of openness enjoy the experience of learning and prefer an intellectually stimulating environment.

TIL The fruit and veg we eat is slowly becoming less and less nutritious due to soil depletion.

Amazon reportedly tried to shut down a virtual event for workers to speak out about the company's coronavirus response by deleting employees' calendar invites

“It must be investigated”: Trump donors get $569 million contract to build 17 miles of border wall - Watchdog group demands probe after no-bid contract pays Republican-connected firm $37 million per mile of wall

Trump Campaign Secretly Paying $180,000 A Year To His Sons’ Significant Others | Lara Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle are each receiving $15,000 per month through the campaign manager’s private company, GOP sources said, to dodge FEC rules.

LPT: When trying a new online recipe, read the comments. Many have simple improvements and helpful tips!

I'm gonna be a comedian.

TIL in WWII, weather reports were censored to prevent enemy submarines from learning about conditions. A football game in Chicago was so covered in fog that the radio announcer couldn't see the field, but afterwards he was officially thanked for never using the word "fog" or mentioning the weather.

The Milky Way

LPT: Wearing a grey undershirt makes it less visible through a dress shirt in comparison to a white one.

LPT: If you have a good manager you probably don’t realize how often they go to bat for you. If you get a raise or promotion that isn’t as good as you wanted show appreciation anyway. He/she probably tried to get you more and they had to fight just to get you what what they presented to you.

This hooman

Til stereotypical cavemen hardly existed as very few Stone Age people lived in caves. Most were nomadic hunter gatherers living in temporary shelters such as tents or huts. Caves just have the best preserved artifacts

TIL when Southwest began using the motto "Just Plane Smart," Stevens Aviation, which had been using "Plane Smart," advised of infringing its trademark. Instead of a lawsuit, the CEOs staged an arm wrestling match. The loser paid to a charity of his choice and the winner claimed the motto.

TIL of Wolfgang Pauli, around whom scientific equipment was constantly breaking. Once, he was absent and a piece of machinery still broke, seemingly disproving the jinx - until his colleagues discovered Pauli had been passing right by the laboratory on a train the exact moment the machine broke down

At the start of tonight's WNBA draft, the WNBA honored Alyssa Altobelli, Gianna Bryant and Payton Chester, the three girls who died in the helicopter crash in January, by making them honorary draft picks.

Phil Jackson coached his teams to 9 NBA championships in a 12 season span from 1991-2002. This includes a personal streak of 6 titles in row with two different teams, the Bulls and Lakers. Jackson went on to finish his career with 13 total championships as a player and coach, a NBA record.

It's Possible To Cut Cropland Use in Half and Produce the Same Amount of Food, Says New Study

LPT: save every job description you apply to and/or are hired for

New clues to predict the risks astronauts will face from space radiation on long missions

+4 cards are too powerful

LPT: If your bed is up against a wall but the crack is still big enough to drop your phone, remote, or game controller down there, get a cheap pool noodle and shove it between the mattress and the wall. Problem solved.

Undefeated Washington State led winless UCLA 49-17 with 6:52 left in the third quarter, and their QB Anthony Gordon threw nine touchdown passes in the game; however, UCLA pulled off one of the largest comebacks in college football history to win 67-63 on the back of QB Thompson-Robinson's 7 TDs.