Hello, wunderkind!

Happy Friday the 13th!

While this is one of the most feared days of the year (it even has two very long names: friggatriskaidekaphobia and paraskevidekatriaphobia!) don't panic - research show no rise in accidents, bad weather, dropped ice-creams or any other kind of misfortune🍦

In a beautiful act of reframing a problem, Finland has declared Friday the 13th to be safety awareness day!

So let's relax and get into some weekend reads shall we? Grab a cuppa, and enjoy!

Big love,
Chris & the 42courses team

• The Ultimate AI Cheatsheet: From Chris Donnolley on Linkedin comes a list of 24 super useful AI tools and guides.
   
• Everyone can write, but not everyone can write copy: A Google Firestarter interview with the mind behind our Copywriting course, Vikki Ross!
   
• One word headlines: This wonderful collection of outdoor ads will show you the power of simplicity. What more is there to say?
   
• How to escape the black sheep paradox: Three ways to become an independent thinker in a world that rewards those who don't follow the herd.
   
• Better than a CV: Lots of people want to work in marketing, so how do you stand out? Well, try steal Marta's idea, we dare you!

• 1501 - Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David, which will become a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture. 🗿
   
• 1845 - English chemist Michael Faraday discovers the 'Faraday effect,' demonstrating the influence of a magnetic field on polarised light. ⚡
   
• 1906 - The first airplane flight in Europe takes place when Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont test flies his hybrid 14-bis plane, attached to a hydrogen balloon for take-off, at Bagatelle, France. ✈️
   
• 1955 - Swiss inventor George de Mestral is granted a patent for what will become known as Velcro. (Check out BIOMIMICRY for more of this sort of thing) 🔗
   
• 1959 - A 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu meets 24-year-old Elvis Presley at a party at his home in Bad Nauheim, Germany. 🎤
   
• 1965 - The Beatles win their first Grammy Award, for Best Group of 1964. 🏆
   
• 1969 - "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" by Hanna-Barbera debuts on CBS in the United States. 🐕
   
• 1985 - The game "Super Mario Bros" first appears, created by Shigeru Miyamoto at Nintendo. 🍄
   
• 1997 - Elton John releases the single "Candle in the Wind 1997," a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, in the UK. 🎶