From the Curious Corner of the Internet.. #32: Russia, laundry day and librarians
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** The Curious Corner #32
Hi there! 32! We’re ageing pretty fast don’t you think? Well the subscribe counts keep on rising and I enjoy collecting things from the web! I’m happy your here so I can share it with you! If you like the the Curious Corner, please help us further along by sharing this newsletter (it’s as easy as one click! I know you want this!): http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| Share (http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|: |URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| Tweet (http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|: |URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|&mini=true&title=|URL:MC_SUBJECT| Share (http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|&mini=true&title=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|) https://plus.google.com/share?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| +1 (https://plus.google.com/share?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) |FORWARD| Forward to Friend (|FORWARD|) * The lost tombs (https://maptia.com/oriolalamany/stories/the-forgotten-tower-tombs-of-oman) of Oman. * The 52-hertz whale, the loneliest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52-hertz_whale) of them all. * So how did the ‘normal person (http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/the-invention-of-the-normal-person/463365/) ‘ get invented? And by whom? * Some clocks have a secret code (http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/congressional-clocks-have-a-secret-code) . * The pool-culture (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/magazine/icelands-water-cure.html) of Iceland * The blind astronomer (http://www.deepskyeye.com/story/) . * Tetris was smuggled out (http://www.denofgeek.com/us/games/tetris/236288/the-incredibly-weird-story-behind-tetris) of the Soviet Union and into Hungary * The Vanual, a guide (http://thevanual.com/) to living the van life. * This (http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~nick/aaronson-oracle) will predict what you are going to type. * Sawmill workers had a sign (http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-lost-secret-sign-language-of-sawmill-workers) language, and it’s now lost. * The night I met Einstein (http://www.rd.com/true-stories/inspiring/the-night-i-met-einstein/) .
http://jamesgurney.com/site/ * Selling ice-cream is a hard business (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/nyregion/a-king-of-ice-cream-a-renegade-upstart-and-a-simmering-turf-war.html) ! * See these lichens here? I don’t know how you see them (http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/life-of-a-lichenologist/482157/) but, to me, I see them as a surrealist. * The secret life of Kim Jong Un’s aunt (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-secret-life-of-kim-jong-uns-aunt-who-has-lived-in-the-us-since-1998/2016/05/26/522e4ec8-12d7-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191_story.html) . * Laundry Day is an app that reads all the clothing (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/laundry-day-care-symbol-reader/id974530923?mt=8) labels for you and converts it into instructions. * The bad-ass librarians (http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21699430-paper-trail) of Timbuktu. * For many living artists, meanwhile, the fact that their work might be stored away in a climate-controlled bunker (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/arts/design/one-of-the-worlds-greatest-art-collections-hides-behind-this-fence.html) has become part of the reality of doing business. * The Canadian province of Quebec (http:///www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-delightful-perversity-of-quebecs-catholic-swears) has swear words like no other. * Godwin’s Law (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/when-i-created-godwins-law-1990-it-wasnt-prediction-it-was-warning-1562126) was a warning, not a prediction. * The world-map we all know (http://metrocosm.com/mercator/) is hiding something. * Building nuclear reactors (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2016/05/26/fusioneers/) in backyards. * The craziest black market (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/05/the_thriving_russian_black_market_in_dissertations_and_the_crusaders_fighting.html) in Russia is not about weapons or oil.
That’s it, thanks for reading! Let me know by email (mailto:jsplattel@gmail.com?subject=A%20suggestion%20for%20the%20Curious%20Corner!&body=Hi%20Joost!) if you have any suggestions for the Curious Corner!
Joost
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