There is a version for silicon Macs -
macOS/Arm host: Arm virtualization for Linux and BSD VMs
The Virtualbox Manager window still has BETA in the upper right corner. Installation of the arm64 version of ubuntu 24.04 server went without a hitch on a M2 Mac.
In 2018, at just 19, Vedangi Kulkarni became the youngest female to cycle around the world. Now, she's back to break the world record as the fastest woman to do it... in under 124 days
There's also Frank Lenz who made it as far as Turkey in his attempt to circumnavigate the globe on a two-wheeled safety bicycle in the 1890s before disappearing.
Technology Connections has a youtube video titled "Why don't Americans use electric kettles?" in which he compares a few methods for bringing the same amount of water to a boil. The electric kettle was faster than a kettle on gas and electric stovetops.
Radiolab did a story in 2013 about the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant in New York City that talks about how the plant ended up shipping solids for fertilizer by train to the midwest for a few years