United Airlines just banned AI agents from booking its flights. Bots can still search fares, but new rules dated Nov 11 let United cancel a ticket a bot booked. CEO Scott Kirby: "To be honest, I don't want to create another middleman." Would you trust an AI with your card?
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Chipotle will give you a free second entrée this Friday the 13th for showing a tattoo, even one you drew on with a pen. 3 to 4 p.m. local time, in the restaurant only, staff decide. Would you draw one on?
#chipotle #fridaythe13th #explained
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Tennis jumps from 15 to 30 to 40, and the best explanation is a medieval clock face.
It's the leading theory, though nobody has proven it. Here's how it works:
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Mercury retrograde November 2026 ends this Friday, Nov 13 🪐 But Mercury never actually moves backward. It laps Earth on the inside lane, and from our side of the Sun its path across the sky flips direction. Have you ever blamed Mercury retrograde? 👇 #mercuryretrograde
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Coachella 2027 lineup is here: Dua Lipa (Friday), Tame Impala (Saturday) and SZA (Sunday), April 9-11 and 16-18. Madonna is billed in the dance tent. Passes go on sale Friday, Nov 13. Which day would you pick?
#coachella #coachella2027 #dualipa #explained
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Toyota is bringing a kei truck to America: a tiny Japanese pickup about 11 feet long, sold as the Scion KEI-01. Toyota says it arrives in the second half of 2027 and tops out at 25 mph. Would you drive one?
#explained #keitruck #toyota #scion
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Jensen Huang, Nvidia's CEO, admitted he cheated on his wife. The NYT reports US intelligence believes the woman passed info to Beijing (UNCONFIRMED). He hasn't been charged. Private mistake or security problem? #explained #explainthis #nvidia
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James Gunn is out as the boss of DC Studios after 4 years, and a former Marvel producer, Jeremy Latcham, takes over Dec 1. No official reason given; reports of tension are unconfirmed.
#explained #explainthis #jamesgunn #dcstudios
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The Guildford Four spent about 15 years in prison for a 1974 IRA pub bombing they didn't commit. The real bombers said in 1977 that they did it, and the four stayed locked up for 12 more years.
#explained #explainthis #guildfordfour #history
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What is Singles' Day? China's Nov 11 shopping day, started as a 1993 student joke, turned into Alibaba's sale in 2009 and hit about $38.4B in one day in 2019. Bigger than Black Friday + Cyber Monday combined. #singlesday #explained
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The "forever cruise" ship Villa Vie Odyssey, where residents bought cabins to live at sea, was arrested in Singapore under a court order on Nov 8, per the port authority. Operations stopped in Cambodia Oct 27; the company blamed fuel costs. #now #explained
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Without Einstein, your phone's map would drift about 10 kilometers off every single day.
GPS, the satellite system your phone uses to find where you are, has to correct for it constantly. Here's how it actually works:
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Seasonal depression (SAD) explained: why dark winter days hit your mood, who gets it, and light therapy. Not medical advice. #explained #seasonaldepression #SAD #winterblues #mentalhealth
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Diagnosed newborn bleeding from low vitamin K rose 347% from 2017 to 2025 as fewer babies got the one-time vitamin K shot at birth (JAMA Pediatrics, CDC). It's a vitamin, not a vaccine. Not medical advice. Photos: Wikimedia Commons #explained #vitamink #newborn
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October CPI is out: prices rose 0.4% in the month vs 0.3% expected; core rose 0.3%. No official yearly number this time, because October 2025 prices were never collected in the shutdown. Sources: BLS, CNBC, Reuters. Photos: Wikimedia Commons #explained #cpi #inflation
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The FDA ordered every GLP-1 drug (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound) to add a warning about NAION, a rare "eye stroke" that can cause sudden vision loss. Up to ~1 in 10,000 users. Talk to your doctor. Not medical advice. Photos: Wikimedia Commons #explained #ozempic #glp1
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Russell Brand was sentenced Monday to 10½ years in a sexual assault case. He denies wrongdoing. Here's the full situation, explained (as of Nov 10, 2026). Sources: CBS, NBC, PBS #explained #explainthis #russellbrand #news #uknews
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It's official: the College Football Playoff is going from 12 to 24 teams in 2027-28. 16 games on campus, top 8 get a bye, and the SEC and ACC say their 2026 title games are the last ones. More or less meaningful regular season? #collegefootball #cfp
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Did the Berlin Wall really open by mistake? 37 years ago today, a spokesman read new travel rules on live TV and said "immediately" when they were meant to start the next day. Crowds rushed the gates that night. #berlinwall #history
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The last American killed in World War One died at 10:59 a.m., one minute before the ceasefire. That exact minute is why Veterans Day is on November 11. 🧵
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