Show Notes for January 7, 2016

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  • Hoverboards catching fire
  • Chinese Social Credit System
    • Not much is known about it at this point
    • Some initial reports, including from the ACLU, were overblown and inaccurate
  • La Cité de la peur
    • "French comedy film written by the comedy group Les Nuls"
    • "The movie parodies big budget American films, Basic Instinct, Pretty Woman and The Terminator, among others"
  • Accidental self-defenestration
    • "A Toronto lawyer demonstrating the safety of window panes in a skyscraper plunged through a window to his death."
  • Pruno
    • "An alcoholic beverage variously made from apples, oranges, fruit cocktail, candy, ketchup, sugar, milk, and possibly other ingredients"
    • "Pruno's alcohol content by volume can range from as low as 2% (equivalent to a very weak beer) to as high as 14%"