💬 Quoted: “Like the MICHELIN Stars for restaurants, the MICHELIN Keys are our most outstanding hotels.”

• Michelin, the tire company that began its world famous restaurant guide in 1900 to create demand for automobiles, published its first-ever ranking of the top hotels in America yesterday. A total of 124 destinations made the list, receiving either one, two, or three “Keys” to signal their relative excellence. Anyone seeking a three-Key experience will have to visit New York or California, where all 11 of Michelin’s top-rated hotels are located.

👶📉 Stat of the Day: Despite all the new moms featured on your Insta feed, baby fever just ain’t where it used to be. The total US fertility rate fell to 1.62 births per woman last year, representing the lowest level since the government began tracking such figures in 1930, according to new federal data. Some 3.6 million children were born in the US last year, down from a recent peak of 4.3 million in 2007 and the lowest figure since 1979.

🤔 Did You Know? Inyo County in eastern California is home to the highest point in the 48 contiguous US states (Mount Whitney), the lowest point in the entire US (Badwater Basin), and the hottest temperature ever recorded in the world (Death Valley).

📰 Worth a Read: Rhyme as reason: The cognitive quirk that makes bad advice seem wise → (Big Think)