| CONSUMER NEWS |
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 Coming Soon:
Smart Toilets
Promptly text you in the event you flush
your smartphone down the drain. |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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Wall Street Journal: Cellphones
Have Replaced Wallets
Panhandlers now ask passersby if they
have any “spare data.” |
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| ENVIRONMENT |
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National Weather Service:
Texas Cold Crisis Linked to
Melting Arctic Sea Ice
Climatologists: Melting Arctic Sea
Ice linked to Texas. |
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| TECHNOLOGY |
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Wooden Floors Laced With
Silicon Can Generate
Electricity From Footsteps
Enough people walking on it simultaneously
can power a treadmill. |
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| FEATURE |
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| Since 2016, how many new
microorganisms have been
discovered on urban
mass-transit systems? |
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A ) |
1 |
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B ) |
6 |
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C ) |
7 |
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D ) |
11,676 |
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| Hint: that guy on the D train
with the rotting carp in his lap is a
good place to start. |
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| ODDS 'N' ENDS |
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 Beverly
Hills Police Sued After 99%
of Arrests by “Safe
Streets” Unit Happened
to be Black
Many of them Emmy winners. |
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