September 20, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- A district-by-district breakdown of which Americans would have lost benefits had the anti-food stamp bill passed in 2011.
- Panera CEO tries to live on a $4.50 daily budget for food, discovers he cannot afford Panera.
- Puerto Rico's poverty rate is 44.9%—double the amount of poor in the most impoverished state, Mississippi.
- How Spam became a staple of luxury gift baskets in South Korea.
- Most Americans prematurely discard food because they misinterpret "use by" and "sell by" dates.
- Poll: The U.S. trusts the media significantly more than last year, but less than 10 years ago.
- Scientists predict Earth has only 1.75 to 3.25 billion years of life left on it.
- Curiosity rover finds no trace of methane on Mars, meaning there's little chance life will be discovered there.
- Google's "wild experimentation" with initiatives is more gratuitous than innovative.
- Because of deforestation, the golden lion tamarin, a monkey whose face graces Brazil's 20-real bank note, faces extinction.
- In queen-less bee colonies, a foreign queen will often attempt a takeover.
- The number of sinkholes around the Dead Sea is growing exponentially, suggesting the Dead Sea itself might be swallowed by one.
- Aerial perspectives of places around the world, from North Dakota to Qatar, from volcanoes to cities.
- Magellan was not the first person to circumnavigate the globe; most likely, it was his slave, Enrique of Malacca.
- Birthing chairs were coveted pieces, and often passed down from generation to generation as family heirlooms.
- For a long time, painting subjects didn't smile because they couldn't hold the expression for such an extended period.
