Pelé remains the only player in history to win three FIFA World Cup titles (1958, 1962, and 1970).
In 2000, he was the joint-winner of the FIFA Player of the Century award alongside Diego Maradona.
All the records broken by Lionel Messi today:
Most FIFA World Cup finals goals by a football (soccer) player - 18
Most FIFA World Cup matches played in by an individual - 28
Most matches won by a player at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 18
Most minutes played in the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 2,489
We are witnessing history.
#BREAKING: Lawrence re Trump calling Obama a “stupid SOB” in France: “Once again, the standard warning we should be issuing to anyone under say 25 years old, who might not know that presidents have NEVER spoken about previous presidents that way, and especially NEVER criticized previous presidents while in a foreign country as Trump was today, in France.” 😳
LEGO just dropped its largest set ever: La Sagrada Familia.
It has 12,060 pieces and costs $800. The set comes 100 years after Antoni Gaudi’s death (June 10, 1926).
The details are insane including spires, carvings and interior with light shining through stain-glass windows.
Either this story leaves you satisfied (“THEY know about the importance of time!”) or it heightens your anxiety (“I could never live in a culture where people are so OBSESSED with being late!”). Which is it for you?
PepsiCo just closed two Frito-Lay plants. 430 workers in California and 454 in Florida. Campbell's shut its chip factory in Massachusetts. Smucker took a nearly $1 billion loss on Twinkies. Hershey's confectionery volumes fell 5% in a single quarter. The reason is one molecule. Semaglutide. I manufacture chemicals. 23% of American households now have a GLP-1 user. Each one consumes roughly 800 fewer calories per day. J.P. Morgan estimates a $30-55 billion annual demand reduction in food. Nestle launched its first new American brand in three decades, built for people who eat less. The $12 trillion food industry employs 30% of the global workforce. A single molecule is restructuring what humans eat. The companies that ignored it got fried. Chemistry is always the bottleneck.
NEW: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is coming to YouTube, getting its own page. It’s the first time the show will be on-demand for free. Fred Rogers Productions tells me the page is coming this summer. https://t.co/2Xc26oWSIA
This animated globe by @tylermorganwall gives us a rather immersive view of global population. I particularly love how clear the "empty hemisphere" appears.
Two indie devs made a game where you run your own video store in the early 90s. It’s currently the #5 top-selling game on Steam.
- Rent out VHS tapes & manage customers
- Charge Late & Broken Fees
- Upgrade & customise your store
It’s called Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator