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Cosmic Vs Cosmetic Typo Drew A Female Audience
- In 1922 Lise Meitner's lecture was misprinted as about 'cosmetic' rather than 'cosmic', attracting many women curious about radioactive makeup.
- Sabrina and others react with surprise at the historic newspaper typo and its unexpected audience effect.
Spin Bias Gives Predictable Coin Outcomes
- Sabrina's coin puzzle shows how method matters: spinning a US one-cent coin on a table biases outcomes due to head-side weight.
- Designers can exploit mechanical asymmetries to create predictable probabilities without obvious cheating.
Silent Album Earned Real Tour Money
- Funk band Vulfpeck released an entirely silent album and monetized streams to raise about $20,000.
- The band used listeners playing silence as legitimate streams to fund a tour, exploiting streaming payouts.