Held over 52 days, the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile Race is for whoever first reaches 3,100 miles running laps around a block in Jamaica, Queens. You don’t need speed or endurance to finish; according to Arpan, a volunteer at the 2021 race, you need to be like a child again. The race should be treated like play; people aren’t concerned about winning and do other things while racing, like Facetiming their friends and family. Read full article here
Oddities
The Curious Case of the Ancient Brain
In 2008, archaeologists examining the University of York discovered something strange: the decapitated head of an Iron Age man and his very shrivelled but very much intact brain. How a centuries-old brain was preserved is still unknown, but research suggests that it could have been because of brain diseases like dementia. The Yorkshire man’s brain’s proteins were bunched up together, much like how dementia causes brain proteins to bunch up into plaques. This bunching up, or aggregation, could continue even after death, turning regions of the brain into hard masses. Read full article here
Merv
September 30, 2022
