From the Curious Corner of the Internet.. #50: 50! Inventions and history!
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** The Curious Corner #50!
Woah, 50 editions, that’s awesome, thank you for tagging along! I can’t wait to reach 100! Together with my brother I gave a live edition in Amersfoort last month and you can find some of the links in this newsletter, but the full list is on One-tab (https://www.one-tab.com/page/W3-z6Hy9TTmi-Mcw9XuJtg) .
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: * Earth sidewards (https://medium.com/planet-stories/earths-wonders-like-you-ve-never-seen-them-before-ac9e2f39aa56) . * Losing your hearing when repairing a toilet (https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/979583605637877760.html) . * Bathtime for monks (http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2018/03/bathtime-for-monks.html) . * Varosha (https://ragpickinghistory.co.uk/2013/03/30/into-the-forbidden-zone-varosha-ghost-city-of-cyprus/) , the ghost city of Cyprus. * The london beer flood (https://www.history.com/news/the-london-beer-flood-200-years-ago) . * The philharmonic turntable orchestra (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=98&v=JGWuyMKT8wU) . * A cascade of lava (http://www.shainblumphoto.com/project/lava/) . * Hermit crabs (http://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/post/172494972451/toco-toco-aki-inomata-artist-new-season-of) that carry a city. * A pickpocket’s tale (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/07/a-pickpockets-tale) . * Sloths can swim (http://www.biographic.com/posts/sto/keeping-pygmy-sloths-afloat) ! * Brewing beer without the hops (http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/03/20/brewing-hoppy-beer-without-the-hops/) .
http://www.vancekelly.com/ * Lifting in the old age (http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/03/history-of-human-powered-cranes.html) . * How flamin’ hot cheetos (https://thehustle.co/hot-cheetos-inventor/) were invented. * The romans didn’t have any toilet paper (https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/ancient-roman-bathrooms/) . * The paradox of the end (http://philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.nl/2018/04/running-to-stay-still-vice-of-delayed.html) . * When whales and humans talk (https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/when-whales-and-humans-talk/) . * This is not a factory (https://notafactory.com/) . * The dreams of an inventor in 1420 (https://publicdomainreview.org/2018/01/24/the-dreams-of-an-inventor-in-1420/) . * How the bendy (https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/the-amazing-history-and-the-strange-invention-of-the-bendy-straw/248923/) straw was invented. * History of most streetnames (http://sfstreets.noahveltman.com/#18330) in San Francisco. * One hour, one life (http://onehouronelife.com/) . * A jet (http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/) beetle. * Fordlandia, a land (https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/fordlandia/) from Ford Motor company. * The evolution (https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/The-cutting-edge-of-cutting-How-Japanese-scissors-have-evolved) of scissors. * Build bridges (http://toolsandtoys.net/poly-bridge/) in this iOS app. * How grenades (https://99percentinvisible.org/article/stop-drop-roll-throw-fighting-fires-fire-grenades/) looked when they were just invented.
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 & Kees
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