Nancy Friedman: 52 Things I Learned in 2025. Incl. “Seventy-one percent of people in Iceland are Costco members” and “In Sweden, the largest size of Hellmann’s mayonnaise — 600 grams — is called “American size”.
Kent Hendricks: 52 Things I Learned in 2025. Incl. “Birders in the United States spend $107 billion per year, including $93B on binoculars, feeders, cameras, and other equipment; and $14B on travel. That’s more than the GDP of New Hampshire.”
Explore ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered
Washington Post [no paywall]: “Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered. This reporting was supported by the Pulitzer Center and is helping to rewrite the story of the big, bad wolf, with a surprise twist.
Studies have found that wolves in the Midwest and Canada not only keep deer populations in check, but they also alter deer behavior in ways that help prevent car crashes and save human lives.
Discoveries like this are adding new dimensions to our understanding of what we lose when we lose species. Interdisciplinary work linking ecology and economics is revealing hidden ways that species such as frogs, vultures and bats help humanity.
Washington Post [no paywall]: “Studies have found that wolves in the Midwest and Canada not only keep deer populations in check, but they also alter deer behavior in ways that help prevent car crashes and save human lives. But the continued recovery of the gray wolf is not guaranteed, as President Donald Trump’s administration aims to reduce protections for wolves…”
“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.” – Mark Twain
“Never cry over spilt milk. It could’ve been whiskey.”– Maverick
“I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.” – Ava Gardner
“What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for.” – Irish proverb
“Always carry a flagon of whisky in case of snakebite, and furthermore, always carry a small snake.” – W.C. Fields
“There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren’t as good as others.” – Raymond Chandler
“I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.” – Humphrey Bogart
“Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whisky, and a dog to eat the rare steak.” – Johnny Carson
“Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast.” – Compton MacKenzie
“My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.” – William Faulkner
“It is true that whisky improves with age. The older I get, the more I like it.” – Robert Black
“Courage is a vitamin best swallowed with whiskey.”– Jarod Kintz
“My favorite drink is a cocktail of carrot juice and whiskey. I am always drunk but I can see for miles.” – Roy 'Chubby' Brown
“Whisky making is an act of cooperation between the blessings of nature and the wisdom of man.” – Masataka Taketsuru
“When life hands you lemons, make whisky sours.” – W. C. Fields
“When asked for his hangover cure, I take the juice of two bottles of whisky.” – Dean Martin
“Whiskey is by far the most popular of all remedies that won't cure a cold.” – Jerry Vale
“I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.” – Robert E. Lee
“While I can't walk on water, I can certainly wobble on whisky.” – Ashwin Sanghi
“The second whiskey is always my favorite. From the third on, it no longer has any taste. It's just something to pour into your stomach.” – Haruki Murakami
