Snow has fallen in Cairo, Egypt for the first time in over a century. Other countries including Turkey, Syria and Israel have also been suffering the worst winter storm in decades.

Whenever I think of the topic of government spying, I get flashbacks from a scene of a movie called "Good Will Hunting". In this one scene, the protagonist, who, in typical Hollywood fashion happens to be a polymath in practically all math and science-related subjects, is interviewed by the NSA after learning of his problem-solving brilliance. During the interview, the agent asks the protagonist why he has doubts about working for them, only to learn what the protagonists actually thinks of their organization. In a nutshell, he believes that by working for the NSA, his codebreaking skills would only be used to inflict harm on others, and lead to a chain reaction of unexpected catastrophic events. Watch:


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These snowflakes were spotted all over New York City. Meteorologist Chris Dolce explained that all of these sightings are due to the specific way they've fallen:

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You've probably heard the saying 'don't eat yellow snow', for obvious reasons. Unfortunately, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, you shouldn’t eat any snow. Snow has been found to act as a rather effective sink for tiny particles that are found primarily in car exhaust fumes, so any consumption of it is effectively like eating a pollution-flavored Popsicle.

Researchers of this study found that from just one hour of exposure, the levels of pollutants within the snow increased dramatically, with toxic particles becoming trapped within the small ice particles or dissolved within pockets of meltwater. This means that snow is a particularly effective “sink” for car exhaust pollution.

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