What happens to the contents of the millions of luggage lost yearly? Apparently, they end up in Alabama. Located in Scottsboro, Unclaimed Baggage is the first and only shop where you can peruse the contents of America’s lost luggage. Although most items are mundane, they sometimes find hidden gems, literally and figuratively — men’s wedding bands, designer clothes, priceless Egyptian artefacts, and even a NASA camera.
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Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
