Simple solutions, and more

Good week for: Simple solutions, Self-acceptance, Gas guzzlers; Bad week for: Neil Armstrong, Brevity, Listening to the GPS

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Simple solutions, after transportation officials in China’s Heilongjiang province began outfitting buses with large orange bricks with a string attached to them. “Passengers caught in an emergency situation can use the bricks to escape by smashing the window,” an official explains.

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