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Deaf Hefner! Jews in Space! Time for Andy Warhol!
What I Learned from Magazines this month
I read a lot of magazines and I like to share what I’ve learned. Here’s what I learned from reading magazines this month:
Ringo Starr is a great-grandfather. (AARP Magazine1/24)
When he died Andy Warhol owned 313 watches. (Town and Country 11/23)
George H.W. Bush once signed a note to his wife, “Your sweetie-pie coo-coo.” (The Week, 2/23/24)
Researchers have concluded that sex in space is “feasible.” (The Week, 12/8/23)
Twenty six percent of K-12 teachers have caught a student cheating using ChatGPT. (Town and Country, 11/23)
America’s most in-demand job is “wind-turbine service technician,” a job which requires, among other things, “rappelling off water towers.” (The Week 12/22/23)
Hugh Hefner took so much Viagra he went deaf in one ear. (The Week, 2/16/24)
NASA is planning to build houses on the moon by 2040. (The Week, 12/8/23)
Mr. Spock’s catch-phrase, “Live long and prosper” is a paraphrase of a blessing Leonard Nimoy learned growing up as an Orthodox Jew. (The New Yorker, 1/1/24)
