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💬 Quoted… “Even as Americans say they’re being asked to tip more often, relatively few have a great deal of confidence about when and how to do so.”

  • In a newly-published poll, Pew Research found just one-third of US adults think it’s very easy to know whether or how much to tip for different types of services. Americans are similarly confused over whether tipping is more of a choice or an obligation for consumers, with roughly half saying it depends on the situation. Pew also found a majority of Americans (57%) usually tip 15% or less at sit-down restaurants, including 2% who never leave any tip.

📺👀 Stat of the Day: People may be souring on Marvel, but shows about Naval criminal investigators are another story. More than 300 million people around the world watched at least one version of NCIS last year, according to new figures shared by CBS. Overall, the superhero-free NCIS has produced more than 1,000 episodes across the main show and four spinoffs, which include NCIS: New Orleans and NCIS: Hawaii.

🤔 Did You Know?... Škoda, a Czech auto manufacturer, test-blasts its car horns 150,000 times for vehicles on the European market, but ups that figure to 500,000 for cars sold in India. The company cites a study carried out at major intersections in Indian cities which found a horn sounds once every three seconds.

📰 Worth a Read: The human brain has different circuits to process small and large numbers → (Quanta Magazine)

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