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Welcome to our monthly news roundup, Best of the Web, a curation of curious content you may have missed lately. There’s only one house rule: No religion, no politics.

If you know of a great website, podcast, shop or anything else a man of taste would enjoy, drop us a line at info@crownshavingco.com. There’s a chance we’ll publish your recommendation. And if you like, we’ll even give you a shout-out right here on this blog.

The Republic of Turkiyë & Syria

The Fight to Save Lives Rages On

This month, the events that devastated Turkey (or the Republic of Turkiyë) and Syria take precedence over other news for obvious reasons. But instead of adding gloom to what’s already one of the darkest catastrophes of our time, we’ll remind you that real superheroes are working 24/7 to save lives.

(Updated as of 02/23/23) On February 20th, Medecins Sans Frontiers (also known as Doctors Without Borders) announced the arrival of a 14-truck MSF convoy in Northern Syria after yet another earthquake struck both aforementioned nations two weeks after the first one wreaked historic amounts of havoc.

As reported on MSF’s site, the organization has since “supported 38 hospitals and health facilities in Idlib, Azaz, Afrin, Mare’, Bab al-Hawa, and other towns in northwestern Syria with donations of emergency kits, trauma kits, medical supplies and laboratory equipment, medicines, laboratory and medical consumables, and blankets.”

In reality, there are a few ways we can help.

Next month, we’ll be sending out an email announcing our pledge to help via the donation of proceeds to the World Food Programme, one of our favourite charities. Just a heads up.

(Via doctorswithoutborders.org)

Men’s Grooming

Get A Whiskey-Infused Pedicure at Manicured Men’s Spa

In another victory for men’s grooming, 31-year-old Chicago native, Geleesa Denton, recently opened a men’s spa in downtown Macon, Georgia, and considering they’re offering a whiskey-infused pedicure, it’s the kind of thing we need more of. Check it out via that Telegraph link below.

(Via The Telegraph and Manicured Men’s Spa)

Technology

Microsoft Basically Bought Open AI

American computing titan, Microsoft, has confirmed a multi-billon dollar investment in Open AI. How do you think Google’s feeling about that?

(Via Forbes)

Business

Home Prices “Plummeting” In What Used To Be One of Canada’s Priciest Real Estate Markets

Oakville saw a 25 percent drop in the average price of a home since this time last year. But sales are going up of late, a possible product of the Bank of Canada’s freeze on interest rate hikes. It’s the wild west out there.

(Via InsideHalton.com)

Two ETFs That Are Perfect For Your Kid’s Future Schooling

The magic of compound interest could help pay for your kid’s education one day, and ASX Exchange Trade Funds might just be the key.

(Via The Motley Fool)

Life

Malcolm X’s Family’s Suing All The Top Guys For Allegedly Messing With Facts About His Assassination (Updated as of 02/22/23)

Two of Malcom X’s daughters publicly announced they’re suing the FBI, CIA, NYPD, and a few more behemoths of bureaucracy over the alleged mishandling of evidence regarding the assassination of their father. In fact, they’re saying these organizations are partly to blame for the late activist’s death.

This technically happened after we published this edition of Best of the Web, but there was no way weren’t including it.

(Via Global News)

Anonymous Toronto Couple Goes On Trip, Then Their Home Gets Sold By Thieves

A Greater Toronto Area couple recently went public on their house getting fraudulently sold while they were abroad. Our antagonists allegedly pulled the heist off by impersonating the homeowners then cashing in on the sale of said property. And they’re not the only ones who got screwed by these scumbags.

(Via CBC)

Ohio Family Play Extras In A Movie About a Deadly Ohio Train Derailment, Then They See It Happen In Real Life

In what has to be the most meta news you’ll read today, an East Palestine, Ohio family went from playing extras in a 2022 film about a deadly, local train derailment to living one in real life. Never mind this family, fiction has literally repeated itself in real life, folks…

(Via Cleveland19.com)

Sports

NHL Viewership in America Is On A Tail Spin, Yet Fans Really Like the League’s Social Media…

Here’s a head scratcher: Sports Business Journal (or SBJ, as the cool kids say) released a report revealing a 22% “year-over-year” drop in American NHL viewership. Yet, the NHL’s social engagement has skyrocketed a cool 224% year-over-year.

(Via SBJ)

Robot Umpires Are Being Introduced Across All Triple-A Ballparks This Season

Surprised?