Wed. 08/19 - A US Unit of Measurement Is Being Retired & The Swiss Have Chocolate Snow

Did you know we have two different measurements for feet in the US? Like the twelve inches on a ruler. There are two different versions. But not for long. Some good news regarding the prospects for a COVID-19 vaccine. A new Girl Scout cookie and why the cookies seem to vary from state to state. And a Swiss town that got a very delicious surprise snowstorm last week.

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Links:

• America Has Two Feet. It’s About to Lose One of Them (NY Times)
• What the immune response to the coronavirus says about the prospects for a vaccine (Nature)
• There's a new French toast–inspired Girl Scout cookie coming for 2021 (Good Morning America)
• This Map of Girl Scout Cookies Differences Based on Location Is Crazy (Wide Open Eats)
• Snowing cocoa? Chocolate factory glitch dusts Swiss town (AP)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter