From the Curious Corner of the Internet.. #48: Bicycles, pepper, tea & starsÂ
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** The Curious Corner #48
Hi there! A big welcome to this edition of the Curious Corner! I’ve got a fine share of things you might have never known in this edition. Thanks for staying with me :)
If you like what I do, please feel free to share it with your friends! 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|) Here we go: * Laser-back (http://hitotoki.org/moments/p01idig4) travel. * The opposite of burning man (http://hitotoki.org/moments/4pdf9fz4) . * Fabric made from stone (https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/northkorea-vinalon/) . * Pushing 800 bicycles (https://twitter.com/BoardExplored/status/955632323185213440/) until they fall over. * English music (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/the-legacy-of-english-music-in-calcutta/articleshow/62602401.cms) in India. * What are the oldest companies (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_oldest_companies) in the world? * Look to the history of a location with a spying glass (http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/spy/index.cfm#zoom=18&lat=51.4872&lon=-0.1257&layers=168&b=6) . * Who knew onion juice (http://markbittman.com/who-the-hell-uses-onion-juice/) was a thing? * A 1100 mile green hedge (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/colonial-india-british-hedge-salt-tax) through India. * How fishing liberates (https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/nature/2018/01/water-based-religion-how-fishing-liberates-mind) the mind. * Pepper (https://www.slowfood.com/the-spice-of-life/) , the spice of life. * Making a 7000-kilometer (http://www.highcube.org/a-single-route-for-every-atlanta-road) bike route in Atlanta
- Tea (https://qz.com/1176962/map-how-the-word-tea-spread-over-land-and-sea-to-conquer-the-world/) by sea, cha by land.
- Penumbra’s new fiction (https://wizard.limo/unbeatable-deck) !
- A human-made star (http://thehumanitystar.com/) in the sky.
- Halmak (https://github.com/madrabbit/halmak/MadRabbit) , a keyboard layout by AI.
- Inside the theater (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/01/19/inside-the-theater-of-moscows-metro/?utm_term=.677b472823ee) that is the metro of Moscow.
- Huh, turns out Mars is only magnetised (http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2008/1710.html) for the better half of it, unlike Earth.
- How America fell in love with vodka (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-america-fell-in-love-with-vodka-smirnoff) .
- A lifeboat (https://mikedashhistory.com/2011/02/13/an-abandoned-lifeboat-at-worlds-end/) at the end of the world.
- What is the last (https://www.edge.org/the-last-question) question?
- Venice (http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/venice-water-levels-are-the-lowest-since-records-began-with-some-canals-almost-completely-dried-up-and-it-has-not-stopped-sinking.html) without water.
- An invisible (http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/e-wall.html?utm=email) wall at a tape factory.
- The secret (https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/secret-language-salmon-skin-coats/) language of coats made from salmon skin.
- Gaming the roulette table (http://nautil.us/issue/50/emergence/claude-shannon-the-las-vegas-cheat) .
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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