Every day so far
One odd, true thing a day, each turned into something you can play. Torn off the calendar, kept in a pile.
Something true is happening somewhere. It lands here around 8:30am SGT.
Day 009
Ping by Pigeon
In 2001 a Linux user group in Bergen pinged a computer over a mountain by carrier pigeon. The fastest reply took 3,211,900.8 ms. A printed packet is up at Christie's this week. Fly the ping there and back and beat the bird.
Day 008
Two Heads, One Turtle
A two-headed diamondback terrapin hatchling turned up on Cape Cod. It weighs 5.2 grams and its left head was biting from day one. Each thumb paddles one head. Eat its whole body weight in 60 seconds.
Day 007
Government Cupid
Singapore's government is piloting a dating service for its public officers that pairs people with the Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm from 1962, and gives them 72 hours to say yes. Be the algorithm, and beat it.
Day 006
Lard the Tortoise
A nearly 100-pound tortoise named Lard walked out of his yard in Colorado with 'absolutely no sense of urgency', refused all negotiations and kept eating. It took two people to carry him home. Make it take more.
Day 005
Cardio the Goat
A goat named Cardio kept headbutting parked cars in Dayton because he thought his reflection was another goat staring at him. Three officers chased him for about 90 minutes. Keep them running longer.
Day 004
Chimp's Day Out
Someone forgot a bolt at Taipei Zoo. An 11-year-old chimp named Wa Chih toured the giraffes, climbed a tree by the lions and pulled out his first tranquilizer dart. He stayed loose 45 minutes. Stay loose longer.
Day 003
Slowcalator
LA Metro's escalators crawl at 90 feet a minute. Standing still, the climb from Civic Center takes 87 seconds. Hong Kong's would take 53. Walk it faster.
Day 002
Plunge Pool
Fat Bear Week is on. One real Alaskan bear ate 40 salmon in a single sitting. You are the bear. The salmon are leaping.
Day 001
Emu at Large
A young emu walked out of a mobile zoo in Japan. Residents reported an ostrich. Can you outlast the real one?
