Things I learned lately 17 September

• Facebook's own researchers states that the Instagram app harms mental health. "We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls. Teens blame Instagram for increases in the rate of anxiety and depression." This reaction was unprompted and consistent across all groups.
• According to Sandy Munro, the Model Y is the best car Tesla makes right now.
• Scientists are trying to genetically engineer a woolly mammoth / elephant hybrid that can resist cold and will have woolly hair. Results expected within 6 years.
• In Amish country (US) it's not unusual to pay $30,000 for a buggy horse.
• Supermarkets in South Korea offer toilet paper samples for you to test.
• Airports in Seoul provide a map to your gate on the back of your boarding pass.
• An anti-abortion anonymous tip line in Texas is being spammed by TikTokers sending Shrek memes. There are also scripts developed that submit thousands of fake tips.
• The Chinese were technologically more advanced than Europe all throughout the time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. They invented porcelain. Europe was envious of porcelain and it was something Kings and rich people sought to posses. so naturally a lot of people tried recreating it. This led to the invention and refining of working glass.
• Ron Goldman was murdered because Nicole Brown Simpson's Mom dropped a pair of sunglasses at the restaurant where Ron worked as a server. He left work and was bringing the glasses to Nicole's place. Bad timing.
• From 1971 to 1975, Morgan Freeman starred in the PBS children's television show The Electric Company.