In 1980, the world’s first Pantomime Horse of the Year Show was held in Basingstoke, Hampshire. The Tweseldown and Wellington Horse Trials are held nearby. England has excelled in breeding these high-spirited Panto Horses for over a century. In recent times, the London Pantomime Horse Race has run a point-to-point pub-to-pub course in Greenwich.
Ants navigate by leaving scent trails, marking their journeys by leaving pheremones in their wake, to be followed by other ants or to find their way back home. Desert ants can’t do that, since it’s too windy there, and scents dissipate. Here’s how they compensate. A video by Robert Krulwich and Jason Orfanon, animated by OddTodd (Todd Rosenberg).
Old Chinatowns were segregated urban ghettos settled by low-skilled laborers. Newer versions have emerged in New York, Sydney, LA, Melbourne, Vancouver, and Toronto. A Quartz video by Nikhil Sonnad and Tony Lin.
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.”
In 2006, 47 percent of car models sold in the US offered standard or optional manual transmissions. One decade later, only 27 percent of new cars offered manuals. By 2020, the number was just 13 percent.
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“8 Manual Transmission Statistics,” Pete Ortiz, House Grail
Water is scarce in the American West. Where’s in going? You’re eating it. It’s not long showers, swimming pools, lawn watering, at-home car washes, irrigating golf courses hotel fountains in Las Vegas. It’s agriculture.
When a company tells you they’re going “carbon-neutral,” with “carbon offsets,” it’s a signal they’re about to make the world worse. “We cannot offset our way out of climate change,” explains John Oliver.
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