Girl’s wild frozen hair shows the power of the polar vortex

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Alright, Mother Nature, you’ve done your thing — and we’re all very impressed — but this is getting out of hand. 

In recent days, extremely cold temperatures have caused everything from 2,600 flight delays to the halting of U.S. postal service delivery (and they never stop for anything). But if there’s anything we can learn from cold Midwesterners, it’s that this polar vortex doesn’t need to be a polar snorefest. 

Iowa native @taylor_scallon showed the power of negative temps when she shared a video of herself  outside with a very interesting hairstyle. She managed to get her hair to defy gravity and freeze straight up when she went outside with wet hair.   Read more…

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Bored Midwesterners are throwing boiling water into the frigid wind during the polar vortex

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All across the Midwest this week, people are extremely cold — extremely cold and extremely bored.

Temperatures dropped as low as minus-60 Farenheit in parts of the Midwest on Wednesday, forcing schools to close and sequestering workers in their homes. To combat their cabin fever, some folks have started stepping out of their homes for a brief second to boiling hot water into the frigid air.

Of course the water, once tossed into the wind, quickly solidifies and turns into snow.

It’s actually way more entertaining than it sounds. I’m dead on the inside, and I’ll still watch this middle school science class trick any day: Read more…

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Jane VC, a new fund for female entrepreneurs, wants founders to cold email them

Want to pitch a venture capitalist? You’ll need a “warm introduction” first. At least that’s what most in the business will advise. Find a person, typically a man, who made the VC you’re interested in pitching a whole bunch of money at some point and have them introduce you. Why? Because VCs love people who’ve […]

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VCs have discovered the Midwest

 The Midwest is back! At least, that’s the conclusion from a group of venture capitalists who went on a multi-day bus tour through the region recently. As Kevin Roose wrote in the New York Times this week, “The trip, which took place on a luxury bus outfitted with a supply of vegan doughnuts and coal-infused kombucha, was known as the ‘Comeback Cities Tour.’”… Read More

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Rare white Christmas in Seattle, Portland as ‘thundersnow’ hits Boston

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People around the U.S. are waking up to a white Christmas. 

Seattle and Portland — two cities that aren’t exactly known for heavy snowfall this time of year — are both seeing a fair bit of snow on Monday. 

Large swaths of the Midwest and Northeast also woke up to plenty of the white stuff coating lawns, trees, and cars. 

And that’s not all. 

Some lucky Boston residents awake early enough on Christmas morning got treated to one of the rarest and most treasured of weather events: thundersnow.

We just had THUNDERSNOW in Wakefield!!

— Matt Hoenig (@MattHoenigWx) December 25, 2017 Read more…

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