| TECHNOLOGY |
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 Futurist: Marrying
Highly Intelligent Sex
Robots “Will Be Considered
Normal” by End of Century
Until they get a little too
intelligent and dump us. |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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MIT's 1972 Prediction That
Society Will Collapse in This
Century “On Schedule”
Had everything right about 2021
except “successful insurrection
to overthrow the government.” |
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Report: Fish Becoming Addicted
to Methamphetamines Seeping
Into Rivers
Marine biologists float innovative
“12 step program for fish.” |
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| CORRECTION |
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 Last week, in a story about
the record-setting heat wave,
we described one spot in
the California desert with
“surprisingly comfortable
temperatures in the mid-
fifties.” We should have
realized the Celsius scale
was being employed and
temperatures were actually
in the 130s. We regret the
error. |
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| FEATURE |
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| In March, President Biden
signed into law the American
Rescue Plan, providing
families with up to $300
a month per child, thus
reducing child poverty and
hunger significantly. How
many Republicans voted for
it? |
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A ) |
142 |
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B ) |
101 |
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C ) |
57 |
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D ) |
0 |
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| Hint: their kids must not
be hungry. |
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| BUSINESS |
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Inflation Soaring,
Temperatures Rising
Price of thermometers jumps 30%. |
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| ODDS 'N' ENDS |
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 NYC Restaurant
Sets Guinness World Record for
Most Expensive French Fries
For $200 you get "Creme de la
Creme Pommes Frites" (above)
served on fine crystal and
sprinkled with edible gold
dust and, for another $50, ketchup. |
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