Hey, word nerds, here's something for ya. Did you know the word "microchip" first appeared in 1969? Me neither!

Hey, word nerds, here's something for ya. Did you know the word "microchip" first appeared in 1969? Me neither!
https://gizmodo.com/merriam-websters-new-tool-tells-you-which-words-first-a-1830025429

When I was born, my town saw ~14 days per year above 90 'F.

When I was born, my town saw ~14 days per year above 90 'F.

Now, we see ~24 days per year above 90 'F.

By the time I'm 80 (another 30 years), we'll see ~42 of these days, over a month.

And Cincinnati isn't hit particularly hard. Want to see your town? Follow the link.

Originally shared by Chris Kim A

It's just getting steadily hotter every year all around the world, which, I guess is somehow different than warming globally. The climate isn't changing, it's just doing what it naturally does every several tens of thousands of years before becoming a desolate, virtually barren, ice-covered planet, only much, much more rapidly than ever before.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/30/climate/how-much-hotter-is-your-hometown.html?mc=aud_dev&ad-keywords=auddevgate&subid1=TAFI&dclid=CK_r6rS4pN4CFQjewAodaSYDUQ

Oh, Dot Wordsworth, you've seen clearly into my cold, grammar-absolutist soul and made me laugh.

Oh, Dot Wordsworth, you've seen clearly into my cold, grammar-absolutist soul and made me laugh.

"There is no chance whatsoever of box set being replaced by the more correct form boxed set. So stop seething about it and causing yourself distress."

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/mind-your-language-box-set/
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/mind-your-language-box-set/

Title

Originally shared by John Hardy

This guy is playing life-size Monopoly with an American icon.

This guy is playing life-size Monopoly with an American icon. He loans his own company money, then charges it interest, and when it can't pay back the interest, he collects its real estate assets. Makes me wish there was a Hell, just for people like this.

http://prospect.org/article/how-sears-was-gutted-its-own-ceo

LOL

Originally shared by Hatchwell Cely

LOL

Can't stop giggling at this.

Can't stop giggling at this.

Originally shared by Vernon Lee

Snerk!

Bwahahaha!

Bwahahaha!
https://earther.gizmodo.com/beadnose-the-fattest-bear-of-2018-is-the-hero-america-1829636074

Critics...lol

Critics...lol

Same.

Same.

Originally shared by Keith Wilson

Seems legit.

source: xkcd.com