Curious Mind Blowing Facts - 71
Do you use Reddit? Reddit is the sixth-most visited website in the world, totaling 6 billion monthly visits as of November 2024.The most popular subreddits:
Hundreds of Bob Ross shows are on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAEQD0ULngi67rwmhrkNjMZKvyCReqDV4
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Trouble sleeping? Have you tried to listen to white noise to help you fall asleep? Here is a 10 hour, continuous rain audio that may work for you:
The best restaurant in North America, Europe, and the World!
No.3 Quintonil
Mexico City
The Best Restaurant in North America 2025
@rest_quintonil
Quintonil is the setting for chef Jorge Vallejo’s boundary-pushing Mexican cuisine and his wife Alejandra Flores’ exceptional hospitality. Focused on fresh, local ingredients and traditional Mexican flavours and techniques weaved into modern preparations, it is fast becoming a classic.
No.2 Asador Etxebarri
Atxondo
The Best Restaurant in Europe 2025
@asadoretxebarrioficial
Set in a peaceful Basque village surrounded by mountains and lush greenery somewhere between Bilbao and San Sebastian, Asador Etxebarri is the platonic ideal of a destination restaurant. Food enthusiasts travel from all over the world to experience the culinary masterpieces created by chef Bittor Arguinzoniz. With the help of a little fire, he transforms simple ingredients like milk and beef into extraordinary and unforgettable dishes.
No.1 Maido
Lima
The World's Best Restaurant 2025, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna
@mitsuharu_maido
The elegant restaurant led by chef Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura takes its name from a Japanese phrase used to greet people: maido. It’s the first thing diners will hear from Tsumura’s team when stepping into the space. Maido increasingly references ingredients and traditions from the vast Peruvian Amazon, with courses like the miniature jaune parcel of pork jowl and palm heart that nods to a rainforest staple, snacks of ‘ham’ made from sustainable paiche fish, and yucca served with Amazonian beans.
This year, Maido has reached the pinnacle and has been named The World’s Best Restaurant 2025, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna.
https://www.theworlds50best.com/the-list/1-10/maido.html
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A recent study indicates that drinks packaged in glass bottles may contain more microplastic particles than those in plastic bottles, cartons, or cans.
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Zuckerberg is offering 100 million dollars for talent?
In the fierce AI talent war, Mark Zuckerberg and Meta have been offering massive compensation packages, including signing bonuses and pay deals that hit or even exceed $100 million for top-tier AI researchers and engineers.
A Wall Street Journal report from June 23, 2025, detailed how Meta has dangled compensation packages “exceeding $100 million” to some of the leading minds in AI, as Zuckerberg personally reaches out to recruits for a new superintelligence initiative. https://archive.ph/W13zw
Similarly, Entrepreneur reported payouts in the “seven‑ to nine‑figure” range for their new AI team, noting Zuckerberg even meets candidates at his homes in Palo Alto and Lake Tahoe entrepreneur.com
OpenAI's Sam Altman has also called out Meta for offering up to $100 million in sign‑on bonuses and stellar pay - though none of OpenAI’s top people have jumped ship https://archive.ph/1UV3I.
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Walton Goggins Goggle Glasses are real.
They have 5 different coloured versions in the collection on their e-commerce store. At the time of this writing, all but the yellow coloured ones are sold out. Cost is $150 USD.
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British adults (aged 15+) are now spending more time on their mobile phones than in front of the TV set, according to new figures from IPA TouchPoints.
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Videos:
Ducklings jump:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Vev3gv3ENPg?si=8pIpk2tUkdVctFjV
Gas Stations:
The Huronian Ice Age, more than 2 billion years ago:
Jeopardy Coincidence:
The top 25 movies according to the New York Times Top 100 movies list:
Phantom Thread
Her
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Wolf of Wall Street
Zodiac
Y tu mamá también
Brokeback Mountain
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
City of God
Inglourious Basterds
Children of Men
The Zone of Interest
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Social Network
Spirited Away
Get Out
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
No Country for Old Men
Moonlight
In the Mood for Love
There Will Be Blood
Mulholland Drive
Parasite
Here is the full list with summaries and more info: https://archive.ph/uD2ol
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Retiring
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/tech/microsoft-blue-screen-of-death-changes:
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Hey Jeff, you might want to hire an editor to fact check your info. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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During World War II, Ford Motor Company achieved a remarkable production rate at its Willow Run plant, near Detroit, building a B-24 Liberator bomber every 63 minutes. This feat was accomplished by adapting automobile mass production techniques to aircraft manufacturing.
In 2014: “A Canadian man is suing a hospital and actors involved in the TV show "Saving Hope" after he was subjected to a rectal exam with observers he believed were medical professionals, but were actually actors researching for the show. The man claims the observers misrepresented their identities and that the examination was performed without his full, informed consent”.
Joaquin Phoenix initially chose the name Leaf as a child actor because his siblings had nature-inspired names (River, Rain, etc.) and he wanted a similar name. He used the name Leaf for several years, including in his early acting roles, before reverting to his birth name, Joaquin.
Julie Nixon, the daughter of President Richard Nixon, married David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. They married on December 22, 1968.
Joseph Bazalgette, the man who designed London’s sewers in the 1860s, said “Well, we’re only going to do this once and there’s always the unforeseen” and doubled the pipe diameter. If he had not done this, it would have overflowed in the 1960s. It’s still in use today.
The Royal Canadian Navy played a crucial role in the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII. It expanded significantly from a small force to the third-largest navy in the world by the war's end.
Hmmmm. I'm not sure I can trust a list that doesn't include The Big Lebowski, The Godfather, or Shawshank Redemption. :)
…love that sewer foresight…paul you bringing us all to one of those three dinners?…