May 1, 2024 8:05 AM
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🎤 Tim, here's your rundown for May
Brilliant's monthly newsletter highlighting a new data course analyzing Spotify data for hit songs, along with various other interesting readings and a puzzle.
This just in from the Tortured Data Analysts Department—T-Swizzle has done it again. Her latest album, released about a fortnight ago, racked up a record-breaking 300+ million streams on Spotify in its first day. Hits different, indeed! May MONT
May 1, 2024 8:05 AM
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notifications@account.brilliant.org
🎤 Tim, here's your rundown for May
Brilliant's monthly newsletter highlighting a new data course analyzing Spotify data for hit songs, along with various other interesting readings and a puzzle.
This just in from the Tortured Data Analysts Department—T-Swizzle has done it again. Her latest album, released about a fortnight ago, racked up a record-breaking 300+ million streams on Spotify in its first day. Hits different, indeed! May MONT
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What happens when <a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#2c6fef">one breaks</a>?</p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000; line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0; font-size:16px; text-align:left">🚋 <strong>Loco motion.</strong> See what physics has to say about some of Hollywood’s <a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#2c6fef">craziest train stunts</a>.</p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000; line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0; font-size:16px; text-align:left">🚗 <strong>It’s-a-me, Pareto!</strong> <a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#2c6fef">Here’s how</a> a 19th century intellectual can help you win in Mario Kart.</p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000; line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0; font-size:16px">🛰️ <strong>Remote working.</strong> NASA fixed a bug with Voyager... from <a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#2c6fef">15 billion miles away</a>.</p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-8" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#fff; border-radius:0; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-left:60px; padding-right:60px; padding-top:30px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px; padding-top:20px; text-align:center; width:100%"><h3 style="margin:0; color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:24px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:120%; text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">May Puzzle</span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:5px; width:100%; padding-right:0; padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:360px"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/662fe264b925130066c3b0d3/original.png?1714414179" width="360" height="auto" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="paragraph_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0; line-height:150%; text-align:left"><p style="margin:0">It’s Spring—the perfect time to start a farm. You have $100 to get your operation off the ground, and can plant any of the crops below that you can afford, at any time. </p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="image_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:20px; width:100%; padding-right:0; padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:360px"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/662fe26458754c00704fa594/original.png?1714414179" width="360" height="auto" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="paragraph_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0; line-height:150%; text-align:left"><p style="margin:0"><strong>In 5 years, what's the most money you can make selling your crops?</strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="image_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-top:30px; width:100%; padding-right:0; padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:360px"><a href="#" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" style="outline:none"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/658c8e82c3d6dc004dd7fee5/original.png?1703710338" width="360" height="auto" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="paragraph_block block-7" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-top:10px"><div style="color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0; line-height:150%; text-align:left"><p style="margin:0"><em>We’ll randomly choose one correct respondent for a shout-out in next month’s email.</em></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-9" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#fff; border-radius:0; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-bottom:30px; padding-left:60px; padding-right:60px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:20px; width:100%; padding-right:0; padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:72px"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/662fe3e69246bf005c46de29/original.png?1714414566" width="72" height="auto" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px; text-align:center; width:100%"><h3 style="margin:0; color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:20px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:120%; text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">April Puzzle Solution</span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="paragraph_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0; line-height:150%; text-align:left"><p style="margin:0; margin-bottom:0"><em>Congratulations to this month’s winner, Susan Callister, who found the Sun’s distance to be about 8000 km. 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