Happy Friyay Sebastian,

Hope you've had a splendid week! Better still, today is officially Piña Colada Day, a drink invented by a San Juan barman in 1954 and Puerto Rico's official tipple since 1978. Rarely has a Friday arrived with clearer instructions. 🍍

In this edition: our 10 best football ads of all time (a World Cup special), The Economist's cheeky new billboards about AI, and the happy news that Earth probably won't be swallowed by the sun.

With the Wimbledon finals and the World Cup quarter-finals both on, the weekend telly has rather sorted itself out. So mix something with a tiny umbrella in it and enjoy.

As always, big love,

Chris and the 42courses team x

P.S. We're celebrating 10 years of 42courses, so if you're thinking of getting a course or a membership, use the code 4224 at checkout for a lovely surprise.

Our 10 Best Football Ads Of All Time · Just in time for the quarter-finals: our countdown of the ten best football ads ever made (plus three bonus classics), and what each one teaches us about brilliant advertising.

The Economist Thinks Outside The Bot · The magazine's new billboards take a gentle swing at AI with one-liners like "Think outside the bot". Proof that a red poster and a sharp sentence can still out-think an algorithm.

See Things You Could Only Imagine · National Geographic's dreamy new outdoor campaign, in which the natural world cheerfully outdoes anything you could make up.

Good News: Earth Probably Won't Be Swallowed By The Sun · Belgian scientists have rerun the numbers on our star's retirement plans and reckon we'll escape being engulfed after all. One less thing to worry about in five billion years.

Venice's Glorious Bridge Brawls · For two centuries, Venetians settled neighbourhood pride with enormous organised fistfights on bridges, cheered on by thousands. Wonderfully daft history, in pictures.

Companies That Spend Big On AI Are Hiring More People · A study of 21,000 firms found the heaviest AI adopters grew headcount by 10%, with entry-level roles growing fastest. Not the story you usually hear.

The Rory Sutherland Quote Finder · A little fun side project of ours: a searchable trove of some of Rory's finest one-liners, for whenever you need a dose of lateral thinking. Tell it the point you're trying to make and it'll find a fitting quote from the 142 we've collected, or just hit the button for a random gem.

1856 · Nikola Tesla, the inventor whose alternating current still powers your kettle, is born in the small village of Smiljan ⚡

1908 · Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes becomes the first person to liquefy helium, chilling it to minus 269°C and opening the door to superconductivity ❄️

1913 · A thermometer in Death Valley, California reads 56.7°C, still the official hottest air temperature ever recorded on Earth 🌡️

1938 · Howard Hughes takes off from New York to fly around the world in a record 91 hours, beating the previous best by almost four days ✈️

1962 · Telstar 1 blasts into orbit and goes on to beam the first live television pictures across the Atlantic 📡

1964 · The Beatles release A Hard Day's Night in the UK, their first album written entirely by Lennon and McCartney 🎶

1965 · The Rolling Stones land their first American number one with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, built on a riff Keith Richards recorded half asleep 🎸

2015 · Minions arrives in cinemas and opens to the second biggest debut for an animated film in history 🍌

2019 · The very last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico, serenaded by a mariachi band after 81 years of production 🚗