This made me lol - surely this is our biggest export.

US beaches? Canadian flag?

So lazy…

This Spanish Officer Besieged the British During the American Revolution, Giving George Washington Time to Plan a Pivotal Attack

Here’s another little known story about how our independence was won. 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-spanish-officer-besieged-the-british-during-the-american-revolution-giving-george-washington-time-to-plan-a-pivotal-attack-180989079/

Canada’s little-known role in helping to spur American independence in 1776

Here’s a fun story about the role Canada (which was mixed between French and English influence) played in the American revolution. 

https://theconversation.com/canadas-little-known-role-in-helping-to-spur-american-independence-in-1776-285414

Watch "The Future of Animatronics | Great Moments in Imagineering" on YouTube

Disneys imagineers take the next leap forward with animatronics. This is simply amazing. 

https://youtu.be/331z0nOZJw0?is=fYCXddnX2OkvxjYp

Japan just built a washing-machine-sized satellite that makes electricity from sunlight in orbit and beams it down to Earth as microwaves, the part 50 years of space solar never managed to pull off

Arthur C Clarke proposed this is a possibility half a century ago, and now we’re seeing that technology has reached a point where it’s possible. 

How cool is that?

https://www.autonocion.com/us/japan-washing-machine-satellite-electricity-sunlight/

Record heatwave disrupts Europe as France warns death toll to rise | Reuters

Hmmm.  Maybe our climate *is* changing? Just saying. 

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/france-records-1000-excess-deaths-during-record-breaking-heatwave-2026-06-28/