A man with a winning $259 million Powerball ticket claimed what officials are calling the largest jackpot ever won in Tennessee, and says he plans to use most of the money to support the performing arts. Roy Cockrum of Knoxville appeared Thursday at the Tennessee Lottery headquarters in Nashville to claim the prize. He plans to accept a lump sum …
What Happened To Takeru Kobayashi?
When it comes to competitive eating these days, Takeru Kobayashi is just a wiener — and his career is nothing to relish. On July 4th, he watched legendary eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut house 61 hot dogs and buns to defend his eight-year winning streak at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. But he wasn’t in Brooklyn to celebrate New York’s …
Gordon College Faces Review Over Request To Discriminate
A regional accrediting agency has placed Gordon College, a Christian school near Boston, under review as the institution seeks the legal ability to discriminate in hiring against members of the LGBT community, the Boston Business Journal reported. D. Michael Lindsay made Gordon the lone higher education institution to sign onto a letter from roughly a dozen faith-based organizations petitioning the …
CDC Exposes Employees To Live Anthrax & Bird Flu
The Center for Disease Control is closing its anthrax and flu labs after two accidents that could have exposed employees and the public to disease. “Shipments of all infectious agents” are going to be halted, too. The screw-ups, one of which was just reported today, weren’t minor. Last month, 75 CDC employees were possibly exposed to live anthrax bacteria. They …
Guy Raises $60k* On Kickstarter For Potato Salad
*The fundraising numbers continue to grow… Last month, crowdfunding site Kickstarter loosened its strict(ish) guidelines for projects, allowing users to ask the internet to pay for basically anything that’s not illegal. So Zack Danger Brown was well within the rules when he asked for $10 to make potato salad, and his 1,700 backers didn’t violate the site’s terms by giving …
Map Shows Where Our Plastic Collects In Ocean
Everyday our plastic waste makes its way from land to sea through stormwater runoff, rivers, wind, or just chance. And since at least the 1970s researchers have been attempting to quantify just how much and where it’s going. The most recent attempt, which was published on June 30 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, estimates that …
Study Shows 10,000 Hours Of Practice Isn’t the Magic Number
The 10,000 hours of practice rule suggests that it takes about 10,000 hours of practice to master any skill. It’s often cited as a guideline for the purpose of deliberate practice, but according to a study from Princeton, that number’s probably not right. The Princeton study analyzed 88 other studies about deliberate practice. The researchers found that how much practice …