Two curious facts
One: Back in the early 90s, a crane operator in San Francisco dumped a four-foot stone at Golden Gate Park. It was a parking barrier with a ‘bullet’ shape. Soon enough, Hindus came from far and wide to worship the stone as lingam—forcing authorities to remove it. See astonishing footage of its glory days in the CNN report below.
Two: If the Andromeda galaxy were a bit brighter, we could actually see it in our night sky. And this is what it would look like. Why this is amazing: Andromeda is 2.5 million light years away, but the moon is next door at 400,000 kilometers. Also: we did our research to make sure this isn’t just some social media photoshop, and have a Slate story to show for it.
A list of good weekend reads
- Everyone from Adele to Reese Witherspoon and Kristen Bell is raving about motivational speaker Glennon Doyle's memoir ‘Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living’. Listen to an excerpt.
- Inc explains why Zoom may be the world’s worst business idea ever.
- There are plenty of personal essays on how babies ruin your sex life. This one in The Cut explains how having a baby helped a father learn to enjoy sex.
- Time reports on the debate within the Indian American community over Kamala Harris’ biracial heritage.
- Of the many odes to Mahi, we love this one best: Chitranshul Sinha explains how Dhoni inspired a small town boy like him to become a lawyer.
- To the great amusement of all Indians, Amreekis now have a dating app that matches you based on your birth chart. Cosmopolitan has all the details.
