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The Long Weekend That Changed Grilling 🍔
Henry Ford brought his famous friends to the Upper Peninsula and ended up giving his cousin-in-law a famous last name thanks to what they found.
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Tackle Rejection Like a Champ 💊
An unusual randomized, double-blind study suggests that Tylenol is an effective way to get over rejection.
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Close But No Cigar 🎞
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A Crash Course in Chaos 📰
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Setting a Low Bar 🏀
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Redemption Flight ✈️
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The New Default 💻
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Hey all, hope all’s well! Just wanted to keep you all posted that I’m going to shift my Lesser Tedium publishing cycle slightly—I am going to pu…
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A Crash Course in Chaos 📰
The Los Angeles Times learned the hard way that handing your editorial space to the internet is a bad idea.
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Redemption Flight ✈️
The founder of one of the internet’s best-known travel sites only found success after his past prevented him from running an airline.
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Cleaning’s Greatest Innovation 🫧
The inventor that turned the trigger sprayer into a real force in cleaning. The alternatives just weren’t as effective.
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The World’s Most Punishing Test 📌
A famous dexterity test involves a bunch of metal rods, a bunch of tiny holes, and a pair of tweezers. It was invented by a General Electric employee…
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The New Default 💻
Why default settings often shape your behavior—or why, if you first used a laptop after 2010, you might prefer natural scrolling.
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Sink or Swim 📺
The forgotten period in which the broadcast networks would air “anthology” shows of failed pilots in the middle of the summer.
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Lesser Tedium
Lesser Tedium
Tedium, but less. A quick-hit newsletter that will feature highlights from throughout Tedium’s eight-year history. Will publish 3x a week, in case you want some weird facts in your inbox.
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