From the Curious Corner of the Internet.. #35: Eyelashes, barcodes and eternity
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** The Curious Corner #35
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Listy listy: * Fishing in the middle of the night (http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/night-fishing-hawaii-1948/) . * Don’t you get cold (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/style/tmagazine/t_l_p80_83_96_well_morelsrevis_.html) ? “Only when my eyelashes freeze,” she said. * What’s the allure of a fruit (https://aeon.co/essays/what-kind-of-masochists-want-to-burn-their-mouths-off) designed to repel? * A DIY epi pen (http://www.intermedpartners.com/oo-box) . * China has been building islands (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/30/world/asia/what-china-has-been-building-in-the-south-china-sea.html) . * If you don’t run I’ll hit you with a spoon (http://newatlas.com/hi-seas-mission-one-big-question/45330/) . * A beautiful piece of art by Rashid Johnson (https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/61592317/) at Hauser & Wirth. * How Doom renders (http://www.adriancourreges.com/blog/2016/09/09/doom-2016-graphics-study/) its game. * I always wondered how railroad tracks were welded together, now I do (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uxsFglz2ig) ! * Surviving the stinky wrath of Neptune’s Court for 400 years (http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/400-years-of-equator-hazings/) .... * Making the impossible cheese (https://food.good.is/articles/belize-jungle-cheese) .
https://martinlkennedy.tumblr.com/post/129741649693/deep-level-trantor-by-angus-mckie-from-the-book * If IKEA would make a car, this (https://www.wired.com/2016/09/can-assemble-worlds-first-flatpack-truck-12-hours-just-like-ikea-book-shelf/) would be it. * The man who gave himself away (http://mosaicscience.com/story/George-Price-altruism-equation) and discovering an equation for altruism. * The dull men’s club. Born the be mild (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmWgOW2EZfA) . * 25 staircases (http://www.timeout.com/london/blog/25-sexy-london-staircases-you-need-to-see-092916) in London. * The big lonely Doug (http://thewalrus.ca/big-lonely-doug/) . * Why did moths turn black (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36424768) during the industrial revolution? * Why are all Aldi products covered in barcodes (http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/06/aldi-has-very-impressive-barcode-strategy) ? * How to build a human heart (http://tabletopwhale.com/2016/09/28/how-to-build-a-human-heart.html) . * Independent of religious beliefs and scientific speculations, Mission Eternity (http://missioneternity.org/summary//MISSION ETERNITY ) explores life after death. * Throw paper planes (https://paperplanes.world/) around the world… (recommended on you mobile phone) * Salvador Dali also made a book of his favorite recipes (https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/art/all/04639/facts.dali_les_diners_de_gala.htm?gclid=Cj0KEQjwg8i_BRCT9dHt5ZSGi90BEiQAItdjpMqOS3gORWwVrFL8DHsHtD0IkavXJryJbxaRuclqvKYaAnVa8P8HAQ) . * Legends of the land of the lotus-eaters (http://mikejay.net/the-lotus-eaters/) persisted in the ancient world.
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Joost
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