Outstanding Travel Hacks

An excerpt from Travel Noire - 

103 Travel Hacks to Make Jet-Setting a Little Easier

Travel Hacks

By Leah Jones

           Photo Credit: Atikh and Khayriyyah/Unsplash

Hitting the road can be exhilarating, but traveling also comes with its fair share of hassles. Between crowded airports, cramped flights, and language barriers in foreign destinations, getting from point A to point B can involve plenty of headaches. Luckily, there are all sorts of ingenious tips and tricks that can make travel less stressful and more enjoyable. Whether it’s your first time backpacking abroad or you’re a seasoned jet-setter, a few simple travel hacks can go a long way in making your trips simpler and smoother.

We’ve put together 103 of these hacks to help upgrade your next trip. From packing pointers to tech tools, these hacks cover all aspects of travel from start to finish. With these tips at your disposal, you can breeze through annoying logistics and focus on creating memorable experiences. 

https://travelnoire.com/travel-hacks

Trevor Noah on Having Difficult Conversations

 

@spotifypodcasts Let’s have the conversation @Trevor Noah 🎯 #podcast #trevornoah #whatnow #podcastrecommendations #monologue #dailyshow #trevornoahclips #podcastclips ♬ original sound - Spotify Podcasts

https://youtube.com/shorts/phsbi4ibsck?si=ZYh18lHJFmLsdyad

 

10 SHOCKING Things I Learned Driving Around Texas for 4 Months

When I moved back to Texas from California and the small town of China, Texas (population 1100) where I was raised to the big city of Houston, the biggest surprise was the Texas Turnaround (number 2).  Every city should have these.  They're the best.

https://youtu.be/C-7rdV3iQlE?si=TWZSccG0N50acOrw

Ten Commandments Bill - Best Rebuttal EVER!

 

@jamestalarico Texas Republicans are trying to force public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. I told the bill author: “This bill is not only un-constitutional and un-American, it’s deeply in-Christian.” #txlege ♬ original sound - James Talarico

Aviation High School - An FAA Certified CTE Aircraft Maintenance High Sc...

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Jenga Genius - Guinness World Records

An excerpt from Upworthy - 

Teen with autism makes record-breaking Jenga block tower, inspiring Hallmark holiday movie

15-year-old Auldin Maxwell, who stacked an astonishing 1,840 Jenga pieces all on one single block, says using them helps tap into his creativity.

By Heather Wake

                     

At the ripe old age of fifteen, Auldin Maxwell is already breaking world records and inspiring Hallmark movies.

Maxwell landed his first spot in the Guinness World Records in November 2020, when he successfully balanced 693 Jenga blocks all on top of one vertical facing Jenga block.

Only four months later, he broke his own record by stacking 1,400 Jenga blocks onto one vertical block, more than doubling the original amount. He then broke the record for most Jenga GIANT blocks (500) stacked on top of a single vertical Jenga GIANT block.

https://www.upworthy.com/teen-breaks-jenga-world-record

Rosalynn Carter: A Testament to Her Character (May She RIP)

An excerpt from Time.com

Rosalynn Carter Hired a Wrongfully Convicted Murderer to Serve as White House Nanny. They Remained Lifelong Friends

BY KATHY EHRICH DOWD

Amy Carter playing on the White House grounds with Mary Prince.
National Archives and Records Administration/Wiki Commons

Mary Prince, a Black woman who had been convicted of murder, was already a controversial figure at Jimmy Carter’s 1977 Presidential Inauguration.

Although she was incarcerated, Prince was given permission to travel to Washington, D.C. for the event and arrived in a dress made of material given to her by her fellow inmates at the Fulton County Jail and the Atlanta Work Release Center. At the end of the celebration, Prince remembers newly minted First Lady Rosalynn Carter pulling her aside. "Before I left, Mrs. Carter said, 'How would you like to work in this big old place?'" Prince told People that year.

Rosalynn Carter and Prince had known each other for years at that point, and had developed a close bond. Prince had been young Amy Carter's nanny when the family lived at the Georgia governor's mansion, not long after Prince was accused of—and subsequently sentenced to life for—murder. When the Carters arrived at the White House, most political operatives would have advised the family to keep their distance from Prince. But the first couple did the opposite.

After the inauguration, Prince told Rosalynn that she would indeed be interested in working at the White House. And Rosalynn pulled out all the stops: She secured a reprieve for Prince, helped make President Carter her parole officer and officially hired her to serve as Amy Carter's nanny at the White House.

https://time.com/5919091/rosalynn-carter-mary-prince-white-house-nanny/

Send Your Name to Space in a Bottle

An excerpt from the Washington Post - 

Send your name to space via NASA’s ‘Message in a Bottle’

The space agency is inviting people to submit their names by the end of the year for inclusion on a mission to one of Jupiter’s moons

By Erin Blakemore

In 2024, a new spacecraft will hurtle toward Jupiter in a bid to learn whether its moon Europa is capable of supporting life. The craft will carry more than high-tech sensors: It also will bear a poem and hundreds of thousands of human names.

Yours could be one of them.

NASA is asking people to submit their names ahead of the mission’s October 2024 launch. Those submitted by the end of 2023 will go into space on the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which should enter Jupiter’s orbit in 2030.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/11/19/nasa-name-in-space-europa/

A class where imagination takes flight

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Southwest airlines surprises 1st grade class with a real field trip afte...

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