This guy is flying to 9 airports in one day

He's doing it tomorrow (Tuesday). The toughest part will be Sacramento, as he has just 20 minutes between flights. He will be flying exclusively on Southwest. Details here.

Egypt versus Germany, women's beach volleyball

Land Cruiser Big Mac index

The Economist famously has the Big Mac index to compare costs between countries. I tried to do the same with Land Cruisers...and it's a mess. First, not all countries sell the Land Cruiser 200. Plus, there are different engines. And unhelpfully, I have not taken taxes into account. I have a feeling that with taxes, countries like Norway would have the most expensive cars.

I took 10 representative countries and found the following:

China, Land Cruiser 200 (Made In China), 4.6l gas, VX-R trim, $173,649

Australia, Land Cruiser 200, 4.6l gas, Sahara trim, $86,167

U.S.A., Land Cruiser 200, 5.7l gas, $83,825

Saudi Arabia, Land Cruiser 200, 5.7l, $75,993

Mexico, Land Cruiser 200, 5.7l gas, $75,346

Brazil, SW4 (Like a Fortuner), 4.0l gas, $68,426

South Africa, Land Cruiser 200, 4.5l diesel, $67,968

Japan, Land Cruiser 200, 4.6l gas, ZX trim, $66,859

Norway, Prado, 2.9l diesel, $57,073

France, Prado, 2.8l diesel, Lounge trim, $54,171

Project Daedalus

Does anyone remember reading about this proposed spaceship as a kid? It's capable of reaching 12% of the speed of light.

Weak Arab League

There was a short story in The Economist about the Arab League. In essence, of the 22 members, only seven* bothered to send their heads of state to a bi-annual summit last month in Mauritania. They were:

1. Mauritania (he was in town anyway)
2. Yemen (not welcome in his own country, had free time)
3. Sudan (wanted by ICC for genocide)
4. Qatar
5. Somalia
6. Djibouti
7. Comoros
8. Kuwait

*The Economist mentioned seven but I found eight elsewhere. Nobody cares.

Currencies used around the world

Russian ruble: Abkhazia, South Ossetia

Israeli shekel: Israel, Palestine

East Caribbean dollar: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Central African CFA franc: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

West African CFA franc: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bassau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo

CFP franc: French Polynesia, French Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna

Source.

North and South Korean gymnasts selfie

Seinfeld theme, deconstructed

Every episode had a distinct intro.

Body cam footage of fatal Chicago PD shooting

As more and more American police departments use body cameras, these videos will be more commonplace. Some uninformed thoughts:

• 18 year old guy stole a Jag XK8, no weapons, shot in the back, dead.
• There's a new CPD policy barring shooting if the only threat to the cop is the moving car itself.
• How could you not shoot if there's a car speeding towards you?
• Mysteriously, all the footage is there except of the one cop shooting the suspect in the back. Mystery.
• There's talking after the shooting that could be interpreted as them "getting their story straight", or not.
• There's advice from fellow cops to the shooter to stop talking while the camera is recording.

How was Rio's Christ the Redeemer built?

Three pieces, from France.