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The Global Puzzle

Vendor: A Broader View Type: Price: 0.00 - 14.99 (2 variants) Is Less Than 10% Accuracy OK? The average individual can only place eighteen of the world's 193 countries. But wouldn't it be nice if he could locate all 193? Unlike other world puzzles, The Global Puzzle has pieces shaped like individual countries. Instead of matching color to color, you must be able to work each country piece into the bordering countries, making a lasting mental connection as you go. That's Better, Much Better! After completing this puzzle, people, on average, were able to identify 103 countries, an increase of 400%. After completing the puzzle a second time, they were, on average, able to identify 130 countries. Lots and Lots...

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Kinetic Sand, Care Bears Plush, Pokemon Switch Lite Case & more (5/20)

Here are today’s electronics and household deals (5/20): Get this Kinetic Sand (35.3 oz) for $17 (BEST price!) Score this Learning Resources Snap & Learn Counting Sheep Set for $12.98 (BEST price!) Get this Disney Pixar Toy Story 2 Terrorantulus Play Set for $6.50 (BEST price!) Get this Care Bears Jumbo Plush, Share Bear for $10.36 (BEST price!) Get this Nintendo Switch Lite Pokemon Case for $9.99 (BEST price!) Looking for more deals? Here are some that are still available as of the time of this post going live: Play-Doh Tootie the Unicorn Set — $8.97 (BEST price!) Disney Frozen Pop Adventures: Elsa’s Bedroom Play Set — $9.99 (BEST price!) Wakanda Forever Black Panther Dice Game — $7.98 (BEST price!) Pokemon 100 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle...

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Slowly, Surely, Keir Starmer Is Imposing His Will On The Labour Party

You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Starmer Army starts to march On the day that Keir Starmer removed Jeremy Corbyn’s general secretary Jennie Formby earlier this month, the Labour leader was politely brutal. Formby had left by “mutual consent”, he said, because “we need to move on as a party”. And the number one priority of her successor should be to “focus on winning the next general election”. It was a clear signal that Starmer is heartily sick of the era of internal politics that has characterised the general secretary post for more than a few years. He wants someone who is both a highly competent administrator and proven campaigner, but...

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Tootie the Unicorn Play-Doh Set, Perplexus 3D Maze, Black Panther Game & more (5/19)

Here are today’s electronics and household deals (5/19): Get this Play-Doh Tootie the Unicorn Set for $8.97 (BEST price!) Check out this Play-Doh Slime Snotty Scotty Set also. Score this Perplexus Beast 3D Maze for $15.65 (BEST price!) Grab this Disney Frozen Pop Adventures: Elsa’s Bedroom Play Set for $9.99 (BEST price!) Get this Wakanda Forever Black Panther Dice Game for $7.98 (BEST price!) Score this Pokemon 100 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle for $6.97 (BEST price!) Looking for more deals? Here are some that are still available as of the time of this post going live: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein — $6.74 (BEST price!) Pound Puppies Adoption Kit — $15.99 (BEST price!) Jurassic World Matching Game — $5.92 (BEST price!) The Dinky Donkey —...

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10 Great Microhistories for This Moment

Look, Quarantine Brain is real. You may not want or be able to absorb more information right now. If so, try curling up with some feel-good and escapist fiction. Or, if reading seems like a chore, find some relief in audiobooks. But if your manner of coping includes an insatiable need to understand our current predicament—to learn about this new way of living—microhistories are perfect resources. These hyper-focused, long-term looks at everyday objects can open your eyes to the wonders (or, occasionally, horrors) you take for granted. The following microhistories focus their precise, thorough sights on certain aspects of our current socially distanced pandemic reality. At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson Bryson’s place on this...

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