This is the Daily Article bonus episode for Wednesday, August 10th, 2022.

Today's episode, trapped on It's a Small World and looking for lost nuclear bombs,

is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum.

Did you hear about the guests at Disney World's Magic Kingdom, who were

stuck for over an hour on It's a Small World? If you've been to the Magic Kingdom with children,

you have undoubtedly been on this ride. You board a boat that travels slowly along a serpentine

waterway, while animatronic children in a variety of cultures sing,

it's a small world after all, in a variety of languages.

I'm hearing the song in my head right now and hope it leaves me quickly.

Every time I've been on this ride, I was ready for it to end long before it did.

Listening to the song for more than an hour would have been a bit challenging indeed. In fact, one person who was stuck on the ride called it torture. Here's a story from the opposite side of the threat spectrum.

The U.S. has reportedly lost at least three nuclear bombs that have never been located.

The article tells their story, concluding that they may never be found,

but are still potentially dangerous. Here's something else to worry about. The earth is spinning

faster, for some reason. July 26 lasted 1.5 milliseconds less than the usual. On June 29, midnight

arrived 1.59 milliseconds sooner than expected.

This sounds like a tiny problem to me, but it's actually not, but this would wreak havoc on software

that relies on extremely precise timers and schedulers. In a world filled with stress,

finding serenity is both more difficult and more

urgent. The less we can look to our circumstances for the tranquility our souls need, the more

we need to look beyond ourselves. This fact was brought home to me today in reading the remarkable

story of one of the 20th century's most remarkable and tragic women.

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