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Florida governor Ron DeSantis, presumably irked by Disney’s opposition to his state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, had a plan to strip the Mouse House of its largely self-governing rights.
But when you wish upon a star—and when you quietly throw a clause into an agreement that links your company’s future to the health of the British royal family—your dreams come true.
There’s a new shape in town, a 13-sided configuration that can tile a surface without repeating itself.
Can you guess what it’s called?
A. The T-shirt
B. The hat
C. The mess
D. The frustrated contractor
Answer at the end of the slideshow!
Are you cool enough to get into a luxury gym? Lengthy application processes create an exclusive atmosphere—but who knows! Maybe you’ll make it, so long as you’ve got a good social media following and you’re rich.
Scientists retracted their 2022 assertion that a photo indicated the presence of goblin sharks in the Mediterranean, after the internet pointed out that the “specimen” looks a lot like a toy.
~10: Average hours spent online per day by most internet users in South Africa
~7: Average hours spent online per day by most internet users in the world
The answer to the quiz about the 13-sided shape is “the hat,” but we really like “the T-shirt,” and hope they’ll reconsider.
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Susan Howson