Potholes Are Being Plugged with . . . Phone Books?
A nasty pothole was causing major problems for drivers on a country road near Youngstown, Ohio on Monday. Apparently, at least EIGHT cars pulled over with tire damage within a short amount of time.
So a local police officer sprang into action. He couldn't patch the pothole so he did the next best thing . . .
He temporarily filled it with a couple of PHONE BOOKS that he saw lying along the side of the road. (???) He also placed a cone next to the hole . . . and helped a few people change their tires. The road has since been patched.
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A Statistician Reveals the Casino Game You Should Never Play
According to statistician Jeffrey Rosenthal, the casino game you should absolutely steer clear of is the Video Lottery Terminal. Those are the ones with Keno or slot games. They give a 5% to 15% edge TO the house.
Do you want better odds? Play Craps, and you'll have a 49.29% chance of winning. By the way, both of these are "pure chance games" meaning it's all luck. They don't have a skill element like Blackjack.
(Here's the clip. It's cued-up to the Video Lottery, but is full of great info, like this one at 14:46: "Are you less likely to be in a plane crash if you've already been in one?" The answer is no. Those are statistically independent events.)
Remember the scene in "The Office" where Kevin makes a huge pot of chili and spills it all over the floor?
Well, Kevin's chili recipe can be found in the Peacock streaming service's "terms of use." The boyfriend of TikTok user McKenzie Floyd figured this out somehow, and she posted a video of herself scrolling through it on her TV.
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