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Cool Stuff Daily · Feb 16, 2021 · 19m

The new fruit taking over Instagram. Why the winter storm sweeping the US is causing an energy crisis, especially in Texas. And a new-ish game that lets you take a virtual vacation with your friends.

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Instagram Fruit (Grow)

The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple (BBC)

Hurricane Harvey vs. now (The Weather Channel, Twitter)

How Extreme Cold Turned Into a U.S. Energy Crisis (Bloomberg)

Frozen Wind Farms Are Just a Small Piece of Texas’s Power Woes (Bloomberg)…