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A deep learning model trained on 85,000 eyes can tell male from female eyeballs with 87% accuracy but no one knows why. [Edward Korot & co]

Health/Wellness

8 glasses a day?  After a doctor’s orders to radically restrict my water intake, I came to a different conclusion.

Money

In 2000, Bobby Bonilla traded $5.9M in salary due from the New York Mets for future payments totaling $29.8M (an 8% implied return).  Everyone thinks he is a financial genius, but actually he would have made more money if he had instead settled for a share of the New York Mets (8.2% implied return).  Sports franchises have been great investments.

Random

People in Costa Rica live longer than people in the US.  There are many very cool reasons for this, including, for example, that the kids brush their teeth at school.

Reflection/Quote

"I am at the stage in life where I stay out of arguments. Even you say 1+1 = 5, you are right. Have fun." - Keanu Reaves

Chris