prospect.org

AN9xl TIL many US universities have branded faculty positions. Examples include "Coca Cola distinguished professor of marketing" at University of Arizona and "Taco Bell distinguished professor of hotel and restaurant administration" at Washington State
YGJv TIL NASA engineers asked Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, if 100 tampons was the right number for her 7-day trip to space.
lexa TIL that Lena Dunham did not in fact rise from obscurity. She was born to old-money artists and was mentioned in Vogue at the age of 12 and had an article written about her in the New York Times at the age of 16