TIL about Wabi-sabi, the Japanese aesthetic worldview of accepting the simple, imperfect, and transient things in the world. Similar to kintsugi (repairing broken pottery with golden paste), it's abou ( en.wikipedia.org )
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TIL sailing ships commonly moved around without wind by warping ( en.m.wikipedia.org )
Warping is throwing an anchor either manually for a small ship or by rowing the anchor out and dropping it farther away for a larger ship. Then the ship would reel it to change position. Good for maneuvering in harbor. Etymologically related to "throwing" and essentially threading a needle across the sea....
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TIL: How Private Prisons Sued The State of Arizona for Not Having Enough Prisoners ( medium.com )
TIL Private Prison stocks skyrocketed when Trump was first elected ( www.thestreet.com )
TIL: The Chicken soup for the soul publisher owns redbox ( www.foxbusiness.com )
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TIL from the school of OMG why didn’t I think of that
Alt milk tetra pack repurposed as drink tray.
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Today I learned Choice VA was created after the 2014 VA scandel. ( en.m.wikipedia.org )
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