April 22, 2023
Forget about bulls and bears—in 1987 an errant squirrel caused the NASDAQ stock exchange to lose power for 82 minutes, keeping an estimated 20 million shares from being traded.
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Is It True That Squirrels Forget Where They Bury About Half of Their Food?
The verdict is out on whether squirrels forget about half of the nuts they bury: surely some squirrels do. Forgotten nuts and acorns grow into trees, so squirrel absentmindedness produces some ecological benefits. While it’s almost certain that squirrels indeed forget some subset of the nuts that
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