The Arts: A 1 minute, 46 second video of popcorn kernels popping.
Christianity: Russia has recently clamped down on evangelical (and other) religious activity, according to Relevant.
Christianity Today points out that Cardinal Dolan's reading, at the Trump inauguration, was from the Apocrypha.
Christianity Today reports that the abortion rate in the US has hit an all-time low.
Computing: WordCounter counts the number of words in entered text (you can copy text in from a document). It also gives the number of sentences, the reading level, and other statistics.
Education: Something called the Matthew 25 Declaration on public education.
Humor: (or something) Listverse posts little-known facts about some classic TV shows. (One such fact -- the person who invented the re-run.)
Listverse also posted about 10 "epic typos" in history. Amusing, unless you were affected.
Politics: Politico reports on British espionage in the US, prior to World War II. The British were trying to influence the US election, hoping that this would bring the US into the war against Germany. Does this remind you of anything?
The New York Times reports on fake news, but with a twist. The researchers made up news stories that were never published at all, and, when asked, some people claimed that they had seen these stories, and believed them.
Science: Scientific American reports on a huge wave in the atmosphere of Venus.
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