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January 8, 2019

From the Curious Corner of the Internet.. #54: Candy, pineapples and skateboards

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** The Curious Corner #54!

Happy new year! We start of this new year with a series of awesome links! Thanks for tagging along as a subscriber! I hope 2019 wil bring you joy! 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’s this years freshest list: * How postcards (https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/07/10/627355954/how-postcards-solved-the-problem-of-disappearing-rice?t=1531425177751) solved the disappearance of rice. * The bathroom (https://nevalalee.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/the-hotel-bathroom-puzzle/) puzzle. * Escape compasses (http://www.paratrooper.be/articles/escape-compasses/) for the way out. * The butterfly (https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/vladimir-nabokov-butterfly-illustrator) illustrator. * How Europe learnt to swim (https://www.historytoday.com/eric-chaline/how-europe-learnt-swim) . * Strange skateboards (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2zIto55QlQ) . * The art of stealing (https://www.nrc.nl/kunsthal-en/) . * The pineapple king (https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/25/the-strange-history-of-the-king-pine/) . * Small paradises on the back on the back of trucks (http://www.zoenren-osaka.jp/contest_nagai_h28.html) . * False knees (http://www.falseknees.com/324.html) . * One special shop is selling stretchy (http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180815-palestines-secret-stretchy-ice-cream) icecream.

  • Candies to pretty (https://www.instagram.com/toraya.wagashi/) to eat.
  • Folded paper lampshades (https://www.kartonmodellbau.org/publikationen/download-lampenschirme.shtml.en) .
  • Wired art buildings (https://www.yatzer.com/edoardo-tresoldi) .
  • The brownie (https://www.brownie-camera.com/) camera.
  • Hunger stones (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-drought-river/drought-uncovers-once-dreaded-hunger-stones-in-czech-river-idUSKCN1LE22R) that reveal tough history.
  • A library of wood (https://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/about/facilities) .
  • A novel writing (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/automated-on-the-road/571345/) robot car.
  • The mutilated (https://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/TheMutilatedChessboard.html?TheMutilatedChessboardRevisited) chessboard.
  • A self solving (https://media.dmm-make.com/item/4462/) Rubik’s cube.
  • Disagree (https://www.disagreewithme.app/) with me.
  • The rarest (http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20181008-orris-the-worlds-rarest-perfume-ingredient) ingredient.
  • Blue traffic lights (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/25/language/the-japanese-traffic-light-blues-stop-on-red-go-on-what/) in Japan.
  • The font (http://sansforgetica.rmit/) to remember.
  • Fishing in a bag (http://alekseykondratyev.com/icefishers.html) .

That’s it, thanks for reading! Let us 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 (https://jplattel.nl/) & Kees (https://ikbenke.es/)

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