A list of curious facts
One: Did you know that you can buy a plane that matches your car? That’s if you’ve $11 million to buy one of 10 pairs of matching Embraer Phenom 300E aircraft and Porsche 911 Turbo S cars. Bloomberg News has this eye-roll inducing story.
Two: The ridiculously cuddly-looking great glider of Australia is actually three separate species. Yeah, you probably don’t care but we needed an excuse to share this!
Three: The end of the Trump administration has given us all a new term: glee-freshing, i.e. the opposite of doom-scrolling. The Verge has more.
Four: In Taiwan, falling birth rates have spawned the oddest phenomenon: dogs in prams! Also: the number of pets has overtaken the number of children aged under 15. The Guardian has this story.
Five: In Hokkaido City, Japan, they use monster wolf robots to keep bears at bay! Please note: It can roar and flash its eyes red—because otherwise it wouldn’t be scary enough?