The world's shortest rollercoaster.
Why the FBI is so far behind on cybercrime—the bureau's culture prizes agents who can do "any job, anywhere," which pushes out specialists. / The New York Times
"The emergency gyno shook her head... 'Whoever did this to you ought to be shot in the street.'" Who will remove my IUD? / Gawker
Turning $15,000 into $1.2 million into negative $51,000 in a span of two years is cathartic, to say the least. / The Guardian
Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto exchange founder who lost $16 billion this week: "I don't want to say no book is ever worth reading, but I actually do believe something pretty close to that." / Literary Hub
The bad news is your Thanksgiving table will be noticeably more expensive this year; the good news is this claymation by Annie Wong. / The Washington Post
See also: The latest in how climate change is altering our lives—including by shifting the spring food chain. / BBC News
From badly drawn fish to surreal potatoes, a history of America's greatest license plate fails. / Smithsonian Magazine
See also: Studying drivers across the country for signs of license-plate prejudice—or, why everyone loves Vermont drivers and hates Texans. / The Morning News
New evidence suggests Egyptian mummification wasn't performed to preserve the body, but to present it in a form the gods would accept. / The Guardian
According to a new study, deep bass—so deep you can't even hear it—increases dancing at live events. / Current Biology
See also: The Metaverse Music Festival is happening right now, and apparently Björk will be headlining. / Metaverse Music Festival
No matter what happens to Twitter, we can still have the tweets. / The Tweet Museum
The magazine covers that were on newsstands 50 years ago this month. / Pop Culture Safari
Hazy paintings of fading memories, by Lucy O'Doherty. / Booooooom
Related/unrelated: A 10-minute video from a Starbucks in 1993. / Boing Boing
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