I learned to use my feet to change the channel when my parents asked, so I wouldn't have to get up off the floor.
I remember seeing my first remote controlled TVs in the late 1970s. It was one of the ultrasonic ones like the Space Command shown here, with a hammer hitting small rods.

That's even faster than Guido! Looks like he took 3 seconds to change Lightning's tires. https://youtu.be/KXkNQzfwBOk?t=121 .

Which means either 1) the US-made secure messaging services are all backdoored/backdoorable by the US government, or 2) it's using the fear of foreign countries to suggest restrictions the US doesn't place on domestic software.

alien keys -> Allen keys. Though of I think about it, IKEA is a foreign company, so it is a sort of alien.

Shh! If I hide behind this bush, they can't see me!

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/railroad-gauge-chariots/ comments that "The standard U.S. railroad gauge is similar in width to the wheel spacing of Roman chariots." but "That similarity is based much more on coincidence and inherent physical limitations than a direct line of imitation."

What's a "house bra"? A web search didn't help, as it doesn't seem to refer to a comfortable bra for wearing at home.

Alligators are pretty timid, and rarely attack people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_alligator_attacks_in_the_United_States lists about 1 death per year. I went with a walk with a friend in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in the FL panhandle. She was used to walking around with gators lazing there, then getting active in the evening for their hunt. I ... was not. Even knowing that gators are pretty timid.

I can't help but think of Jimmy Carter's Playboy interview where he said: “I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.”

Before we got married, we did a two month road trip. My wife wanted the romanticism of a VW camper. I wanted something that would work. We got a pickup with a camper top, some plywood for flooring, a mattress, food, spare water, and luggage. Worked out pretty well. I tried to work some on the road - did not work well at all. By week 8, we were ready to stop. I can well imagine the worries of using a $2,000 van instead.
Was it really a mistake to not monetize their adventure on Instagram? That seems like an awful lot of work, with little chance of making a profit.
BTW, my g'parents took their 8(!) kids on a road trip from Michigan to the Grand Canyon using a pickup truck and home-made camper with built-in beds. You don't need to be Kerouac to be on the road.

I wondered how Harlingen handled the Grover Cleveland problem. I would be pleased if it circled around Harrison. Then I noticed it didn't have a Harrison at all! Oh, wait, it does. "Harrison Ave." is in the right place for William Henry Harrison, president for 31 days. Neither Benjamin Harrison nor John Quincy Adams have their own streets, preventing duplicate street names. Looks like the presidents stop with Bush as there's no Clinton.

The idea that 'anyone who reached its edge would fall off' is a modern (well, popularized in the 1800s) myth. Before people were convinced by the Ancient Greek observations that the world must be a sphere - so nearly all educated Westerners for over 2,000 years - the general cosmology was that the world was floating in a vast sea. There was no edge to fall off.