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TIL an off-duty Brazilian policeman in uniform had a cell phone in his back pocket when he visited his parents to do laundry. His parents were being held hostage by 2 robbers; when the policeman turned to flee, the robbers shot him in the buttock, but his Nokia Lumia 520 phone stopped the bullet.

NBA 2K players want to see Kobe Bryant on the cover of NBA 2K21?

Preakness rescheduled for Oct 3, one month after Derby

LPT: when you eventually begin to raise teenagers, the best way to relate to them is to discuss your life as a teenager. You should explain the mistakes you made and how you learned from them, this will ease thier mind and give them confidence to tell you when they're struggling with the same issues

‘Trump Is Destroying Our Democracy’: Lawyers Outraged After Inspector General Axed Under Dark of Night

Caltech: New Ultrafast Camera Takes 70 Trillion Pictures Per Second

I shot over 500 photos of this galaxy in the last 3 months and after playing them back as a video, it reveals the supernova explosion of a star. [OC]

Waxing Gibbous of May 2nd.

Josh Morris With A Ridiculous Catch To Score

Vikings' play-by-play commentator Paul Allen's call of Nate Poole's miracle touchdown that eliminated the Vikings from postseason contention: "Touchdown! NO!"

"Obamagate" and "Lock her up": Pointing the way toward "Heil Trump" | It’s not just a chant at Trump's rallies or lame wordplay in his tweets. It’s his call to fascist rule

Texas cases of COVID-19 increasing by thousands since reopening

Democrats launch inquiry into Trump firing of watchdog who was investigating Pompeo

TIL that the British Royal Society of Chemistry recommends adding tea to milk, and not the other way around, as adding milk to tea results in "significant denaturation" of the milk, adversely affecting flavor.

German footwear brand Von Wellx shifts production from China to India

A migrant using a makeshift carrier for kids

Phyllis George, TV Host and Pioneer on 'The NFL Today,' Dies at 70

Shane Williams creating something from nothing to become Wales greatest ever try scorer. 2010.

times like these has me appreciating the past

LPT Networking is not the same as making new friends. To be really good at networking consider it as value exchange. A person is providing you X today so that he can get Y from you in future. So instead of randomly reaching out to people always think that what can you provide him and vice versa.

He waited

With great interest

The Pillars of Creation: My image compared to Hubble's

In last act as chair, Burr asks that final volume of Senate Intel report on Trump and Russia be declassified

A sorrowful realization

This always amazes me

Chest X-rays performed on young & middle-aged adults with COVID-19 when they arrive at the emergency room can help doctors predict who is at higher risk of severe illness & intubation. This is the first study looking at how chest X-rays can be used to measure COVID-19 severity.

LPT: If you are homeschooling for the first time while working from home, don’t forget to factor in “outside me-time”. Burnout is a real thing and a walk at dawn or a peaceful lunch in the garden can make all the difference.

TIL coffee was so important in Turkish culture that under 15th-century law, a woman had the freedom to divorce her husband if he did not provide her with enough coffee

TIL that Taron Egerton sang “I’m Still Standing” by Elton John as the Gorilla in the movie “Sing” prior to starring in the movie “Rocket Man” as Elton John where he sings the same song.

LPT: make sure you tech your kids to remember your phone number outside of their saved contacts.

Verstappen chasing Hamilton in Monaco

Dreaming of the playoffs tonight with our basketball ice cubes.

TIL of a 2013 study on plea bargaining, in which innocent university students were accused of cheating. Over half agreed to admit guilt in exchange for reduced punishments.

If you could drive your car at highway speeds in a straight line off the Earth, you could reach the orbital height of the International Space Station (ISS) in about 4 hours. | Your Guide to the International Space Station

'Star Trek, not Star Wars:' NASA releases basic principles for moon exploration pact.

This new format!

Mitch McConnell: My Bad, Obama Did Leave a Pandemic Playbook But I Couldn’t See It From Inside Trump’s Ass

New research by Rutgers scientists reaffirms that modern sea-level rise is linked to human activities and not to changes in Earth's orbit but "minor variations in the Earth's orbit were the dominant factor in terms of ice volume and sea-level changes—until modern times."

Schizophrenia drug which reduces swelling offers hope for brain damage treatment - An effective treatment for severe brain damage and spinal cord injuries could be available within 2 years after scientists found an existing, 60-year-old drug reduces swelling that causes the damage. [trifluoperazine]

TIL in the final years of World War II, Italian businessman Giorgio Perlasca risked his life by posing as a Spanish diplomat in order to save more than 5,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust. Perlasca, a non-Jew, has been honored for his heroism, courage, and compassion by several nations

TIL that the fourth funnel on the Titanic was fake. It was for appearances only: it made the ship look bigger. It was not connected to the charcoal ovens, but it was connected to the first-class smoking room, making it a sort of oversized kitchen hood.

TIL That Nirvana once purposefully butchered Smells like Teen Spirit while performing live on the British TV show "Top of the Pops". The network forced them to play over a pre recorded tape which the band disliked. They proceeded to jokingly play their instruments and changed the lyrics of the song

Yale psychiatrist: Trump “projects his sense of inferiority” by calling women reporters “nasty”

LPT: If you call someone and they're on speaker phone, let them know and say who else is in the room with you

TIL in 2005, Astronaut Stephen Robinson had to fix the Shuttle Discovery in orbit to make it to Earth alive. Material sticking out between the heat panels had to be removed to avoid burning up on re-entry. He improvised tools, including a saw made with duct tape, and removed it on a spacewalk.

LPT: When using those neon "Kids at Play" signs to warn drivers, put them out only when your kids are actually playing. Leaving them out all day every day makes drivers desensitized to the sign and they are less likely to slow down and/or take those signs seriously.

LPT: If you know a storm is coming, charge your phone beforehand in case the power goes out.

Appeals court greenlights emoluments suit against Trump

Jason the savage