NASA really wants you to know that 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet
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3I/ATLAS isn't aliens / The secret to living to be 107 / A Brief History of Kissing

Keith Conrad
Nov 20
 
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NASA really wants you to know that 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet

Sorry to disappoint you, but it’s a comet. It’s not the aliens. We’ve only been able to find interstellar objects for a few years, and this is the third one we’ve found (hence “3I”), so if the third one we found was actually aliens passing through the solar system, that would be the craziest coincidence in history

107-year-old WWII hero celebrates birthday, joking whiskey and kindness kept him going

I think we could all go for a little more whiskey and kindness in our lives


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Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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Don’t Go Downstairs: Sports, Scandals, and the Return of the Mob Mindset

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John Howell and Rick Telander dig into the essential hypocrisy at the heart of modern sports culture: every league, every network, every commercial break insists gambling is entertainment, until someone gets caught. Then, suddenly, it’s “a serious violation of trust.”

The Shocking (But Not Surprising) Ryder Cup Fans

John Howell / Rick Telander

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Dave Norman on Jerry Hey and the L.A. Studio Sound

As I Was Saying with Big John Howell
John Howell sits down once again with longtime friend and trumpeter Dave C. Norman for an insider’s conversation about Hey’s life, sound, and legacy.

Dave Norman on Jerry Hey and the L.A. Studio Sound

Big John Howell

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  • Smoking just two cigarettes a day can wreak havoc on your heart, study shows - Cigarettes are bad. Shocking news

  • Scientists Warn: “Almost Half of the Beaches Will Disappear by the End of the Century” - That’s less than ideal

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  • ‘You’re impaired:’ Florida man caught driving into oncoming highway traffic, video shows - He was confused about how police even knew which way he was supposed to be going

  • Husband forces flight to make an emergency landing after claiming wife was hiding a bomb: reports - Yeah, maybe don’t do that

  • Final resting place set for the historic SS United States to become an artificial reef off Florida - RIP. They’re going to livestream the sinking. You can bet I’ll be watching

  • Silicon Valley Startup Wants To Deliver On-Demand Sunlight Straight From Space - It’s the opposite of Mr. Burns plan to block out the Sun

  • Couple caught having daytime sex in car on the Downs sparks warning - The headline seems to suggest that it would have been perfectly fine if it happened at night

  • Change in strategy earns Md. man two lottery jackpots in two days - Well that hardly seems fair

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