This week I learned you're charging your phone wrong, and more
Fun and interesting facts from around the web


Read more about the facts mentioned:
- Here's how you should be charging your phone, according to science (Tech Insider via ScienceAlert)
- The world's most lightning-prone place has the world's first lightning forecasts (Atlas Obscura)
- Voice control in orangutan gives clues to early human speech (Durham University via PhysOrg)
- Whales mourn their dead, just like us (National Geographic)
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