If you're ever in Stockholm, there's a whole museum dedicated to the Vasa. Definitely worth a visit. The ship is way bigger than you think

3 points for every finished city, rivers and roads are boundaries.

Can anyone explain why Ayn Rand's ideas aren't considered philosophical? I know there's a lot of bashing her, but I don't actually know what about her ideas disqualifies it as being a philosophy.

I read Atlas Shrugged and aside from it being a capitalistic wet dream, my understanding is her big idea is that people should work hard pretty much for the sake of the work itself. Obviously that's an oversimplification, but I was wondering if anyone had a better explanation.

I remember seeing rubber balls about the size of a bocce ball filled to a high pressure with helium. Not enough buoyancy to float, but they definitely took off when you chucked it at the ground

His story pops into my head sometimes when I lie awake at night. It's difficult to describe how deeply unsettled it makes me feel

I thought this would be the case for me, but when we decided not to for our son, only one person we knew agreed with it. The crazy part is most people would start by saying something along the lines of "ooh it's a boy, how's it going down there?" Like they feel bad about it. But when I tell them we didn't suddenly its all about hygiene and aesthetics.

Also surprised at how many people asked about it...

I still have Sweden's song stuck in my head