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Wed. 09/02 - Super Medium Black Holes & An OG Viral Reboot

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Science, Tech News, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The most massive merger of two black holes ever and mysteries it’s left us with. The fourteen year old viral hit, “Shoes,” is back with a pro-mask follow-up. The new dollar coins in Australia designed specifically for charitable giving. And the 96th annual burning of Zozobra is happening in Santa Fe this Friday. Links: Astronomers say they’ve detected the most massive merger of two black holes ever discovered (The Verge) A black hole merger may have formed a never-before-seen intermediate mass black hole (Bad Astronomy) Kelly "Masks" (LiamKyleSullivan, YouTube) The Story of "Shoes," the First Great Viral Music Video (Vice) Royal Australian Mint releases 'donation dollar' coin designed to be given to charitable cause (ABC) Zozobra: The Quirky New Mexico Tradition That Promises to Take Your Gloom Away  (Mental Floss) Zozobra! (Visit New Mexico, YouTube) BURNZOZOBRA.COM Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.6

Welcome to the Kotky Ride Home for Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020. I'm Jackson Bird.

0:42.2

The most massive merger of two black holes ever detected and the mysteries it's left us with.

0:49.5

The 14-year-old viral hit Shoes is back with a pro-mask follow-up.

0:56.8

The new dollar coins in Australia designed specifically for charitable giving,

1:02.5

and the 96th annual burning of Zuzobra is happening in Santa Fe this Friday.

1:10.3

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:15.6

It's the most ambitious crossover event in history.

1:19.6

Two black holes merged in a massive collision seven billion years ago,

1:25.6

an event that was only just detected by astronomers.

1:29.7

Quoting the Verge,

1:31.1

The Distant Show included two major players,

1:34.1

one black hole roughly 66 times the mass of our sun,

1:38.4

and another black hole roughly 85 times the mass of our sun.

1:43.1

The two came close together, rapidly spinning around one another

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