Archive for February, 2008
Three interesting things I’ve learned in the last month or so.
Approximately 90% of the pre-1492 native population of the North and South America was killed by European diseases, pretty much by accident.1
Giraffes don’t yawn. At least, no one has ever seen a giraffe yawn.2
If you are a dude in a helicopter, you do not want to piss off Bruce Willis.3
1. Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (New York: W. W. Norton: New York, 1997).
2. John Sarnecki, “What can yawning teach us about the mind?” (paper presented at Beloit College, Beloit, WI, February 4, 2008).
3. Live Free or Die Hard, DVD, directed by Len Wiseman. (Los Angeles, CA: 20th Century Fox Studios, 2007).
Domestic Air Travel Hacks
I spent the weekend traveling, and it struck me that, after many years of adding rules to my personal packing-and-deployment system, my trips go pretty smoothly. Much of what follows is probably just common sense, but you can judge for yourself. I invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy these tips to get you through security and on to your final destination.
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