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Welcome to the Kotky Ride Home for Monday, December 14th, 2020.

I'm Jackson Bird.

Some practical tips to help you remember more of what you read.

After 51 years, one of the Zodiac Killer's Ciphers has been solved.

And Brussels sprouts kind of became cool in the last few

years, and it's not just because bars started serving them with a whole bunch of spices and

bacon, it's also due to some pretty fascinating crossbreeding. Here are some of the cool things

from the news today.

It may shock you to learn that I, as the host of this podcast about cool and interesting things,

love learning about our world and the creatures on it and the big old messes that us humans have gotten into.

I watch tons of documentaries, I'm always reading about half a dozen nonfiction books at once, and like most people,

am constantly skimming or bookmarking more articles than I will ever actually be able to read.

While there is much to be said about the pursuit in itself and the merit in absorbing the broader

concept versus remembering every tiny detail,

sometimes I do wish I retained more of what I consumed. And as you are also someone in our

modern world of constant stimulation, I imagine you've also felt a similar frustration before.

So I wanted to share some findings from education specialist Eva Kuyfenheim recently

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