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Daily News Digest - Summary for November 21, 2024

Daily News Digest - Summary for November 21, 2024
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Huge study reveals striking decline in the desire to stand out and be unique

A recent study published in Collabra: Psychology has found a notable decline in people’s motivation to stand out or be unique over the past two decades

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by Eric W. Dolan

A recent study published in Collabra: Psychology has found a notable decline in people’s motivation to stand out or be unique over the past two decades. Researchers analyzed data from over one million people between 2000 and 2020, measuring various aspects of uniqueness, including willingness to defend beliefs, adherence to rules, and concern over others’ reactions. Results revealed declines across all three areas…

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Cynical tricks of food giants that are making so many obese. This is how the smartest people on earth make ultra-processed food irresistible and train you to snack, reveals DR CHRIS VAN TULLE

We're all eating too many calories and too much sugar, salt and saturated fat – but you don't need me to tell you that.

We need to bury the idea of the obesity crisis as a failure of willpower: that people are just making bad choices, writes Dr Chris Van Tulleken

By Chris Van Tulleken For The Daily Mail.

We're all eating too many calories and too much sugar, salt and saturated fat – but you don't need me to tell you that.

However, the thing that has eluded scientists until recently is why.

After all, sugar, salt and fat have been cheap and available for a long time – but it's only in the past few decades that obesity has soared. What happened?…

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Just What Exactly Is ‘The Black Eye Club,’ And Why Are So Many Celebrities A Part Of It?

How many people do you know who currently have black eyes?

By Sean Laery

How many people in the past year have you seen who have had black eyes?

Just in general, how many people can you remember having black eyes in your life over the past year, two years, five years, ten years?

Unless you’re a boxer, you train in MMA, or you run an underground fight club (damn! I wasn’t supposed to talk about that!), you probably don’t see many, if any, folks with black eyes running around. Heck, I trained in karate, boxing, tae kwan do, and muy thai kickboxing over the course of about about 20 years, and I didn’t even see that many folks with black eyes…

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The Most Devastating COVID Report So Far

The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce committee released an assessment of the U.S.

By Dr. Joseph Mercola

Story at Glance

  • A House committee report revealed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ $900 million "We Can Do This" COVID campaign was flawed and claimed COVID shots prevented transmission despite FDA stating there was no such evidence…

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USPS Incurs $9.5 Billion Loss Despite Raising Stamp Prices

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) incurred a significant increase in its losses this fiscal year, as revenues jumped but volumes dipped.

By Tyler Durden

Net loss for 2024 fiscal totaled $9.5 billion, up from $6.5 billion last year, said a Nov. 14 statement from the agency reflecting its earnings. The $3 billion increase in losses occurred at the same time the agency had a slight revenue increase from $78.18 billion to $79.53 billion. The revenue uptick was not supported by an increase in mail volume, which fell from 116 billion units to 112 billion units…

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Breaking (Down) The Chain: An Investigation Post-mortem

A concise post-mortem on The Chain series, a deep dive on the creation of the Bitcoin-Dollar system which names the names and explains the technology upholding the deflationary and highly-surveillable

By Mark Goodwin

Months of research and 82,000 words later, The Chain series has concluded – at least in its current online form. What began as a simple investigation into the stablecoin issuer Tether quickly unraveled into a decades-long web of figures, companies, investors, and technological mechanisms that conspire to build what is referred to as “The Bitcoin-Dollar” system. This financial instrument consists of two main components; the first being Bitcoin itself, a distributed digital asset boasting deflationary monetary policy and trustless settlement on a transparent ledger; while the second is privately-issued tokenized government debt that operates on public blockchains, known as dollar stablecoins…

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24 Brain Damaging Habits You Need to Break Today

Rewire Your Mind: Break Brain-Damaging Habits with Discipline and Emotional Control

By Good Minds Quote

We often underestimate how our daily habits can silently erode our mental well-being. You might think some things are harmless, or even normal, but when done excessively, they become damaging. Let’s take a closer look at 24 brain-damaging habits and how you can break free from them to cultivate a healthier mind and life…

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