Hello there, fabulous friend!

Welcome to one of the final weekends of the year. We hope you find a moment to yourself between all the parties to get cozy and read something interesting!

This edition is packed with curious finds... From a dark web dive to Pantone panties, gratitude lists and whimsical jobs of yore, there's plenty to ponder and giggle over. Let’s dive in 🌟

Big love, 

Chris & the 42courses team x 

• A behavioural scientist's journey into the dark web: Dan Ariely's Facebook account was hacked, so he did what he does and dove into the dark web and its motivations – a world as intriguing as it is unsettling.
   
• 42 of Dan Ariely's best quotes: Speaking of the professor, here is a wonderfully whimsical collection of his best quotes about behavioural science.
   
• Body parts for which Tina Fey is grateful: How on earth are we supposed to cope in a world of fake tans, boob jobs, and laminated eyebrows? With gratitude, says Tina, who wrote this hilarious list.
   
• How "designer" is your underwear? In one of the most interesting business moves of the year, Pantone - the colour company - decided to release...panties, in every Colour Of The Year of the past 25 years. What a Pantone dropper! 
   
• Marbler, Muck Roller, Moleskin Shaver: The butcher, the baker, and the candle-stick maker weren't the only popular jobs in 1881, this delightful list includes careers that only an "all-rounder" would understand.

• 1642 - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sights the South Island of present-day New Zealand, initially naming it Staten Landt before renaming it Nieuw Zeeland a year later. 🌏
   
• 1774 - Paul Revere and Wentworth Cheswell ride to warn Portsmouth of the approach of British warships. 🏇
   
• 1920 - Francis G. Pease uses an interferometer at Mount Wilson Observatory to measure the diameter of a star, Betelgeuse, for the first time. 🌟
   
• 1990 - South African President F. W. de Klerk meets with Nelson Mandela to discuss the end of apartheid. ✊
   
• 2000 - American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech, effectively ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States. 🇺🇸
   
• 2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his hometown of Tikrit during Operation Red Dawn by US forces. 🪖
   
• 2021 - Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is named Time's Person of the Year. Not as bad as this year's one though. 🚀
   
• 2022 - Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announce the first nuclear fusion reaction in a laboratory setting, replicating the same energy that powers the Sun. ☀️
   
• 2022 - US President Joe Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act into law, mandating federal recognition of same-sex marriages, during a ceremony at the White House. 🏳️‍🌈