Interesting Links for 31-07-2022

[andrewducker]

1. This is very nearly exactly what you don't want to happen while rock climbing

(tags:rocks Doom video )

2. Confusing British words: a very abbreviated list

(tags:language UK English )

3. Apparently "doing your job" is now called "quiet quitting"

(tags:work wtf )

4. The Sandman Creator Explains Why He Tears Down Online Trolls

(tags:neilgaiman racism )

5. The benefits of special interests in autism

(tags:autism psychology )

6. Covid cases could give just 28 days immunity as scientists warn of shorter, sharper Omicron variant waves

(tags:Pandemic Doom )

7. Genetically engineered rice needs less fertilizer, makes more food

(tags:food rice genetics )

8. I approve of arming orangutans

(tags:ape funny )

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

Surely Orang Utans have already got more than an average amount of arms.

[bens_dad]

I used to think it was a no-brainer that most people have more than the average number of fingers ...
then my son was born with an extra thumb and I realized that the mode was not the max.

(I am not claiming that the average person does not have more than the mean number of fingers,
just that the data may not be what you thought.)