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“Millions are tuning in to the hottest show captivating Sweden: It’s reality, it’s live, and after hours of slow shots of calming nature, the stars arrive — Sweden’s beloved moose on their spring migration.” The Great Moose Migration started airing on Tuesday. I watched for a bit. I didn’t see a moose. But it sure beat reading the news.

+ Since Coachella is taking place, you may be wondering what the word Coachella means. Well, “according to the city’s website, during the process of laying out the townsite in 1901, Rector proposed ‘Conchilla,’ which means ‘little shell’ in Spanish and references the fossils that were found in the area. The developers, in agreement, designed a prospectus that would announce the opening of the new town. But the product they got back from the printer misspelled ‘Conchilla’ as ‘Coachella.'” NPR: Word of the Week: Coachella began as a typo. Here’s what happened next.