April 6, 2020

The Curious Corner of the Internet #61

The Curious Corners #61

Hi! Welcome to the Curious Corner of the Internet. Strange times it is. Hope you’re doing well! Here we go for the links this month, enjoy!

• Ambushed by a 5 meter big tumbleweed..
• The political history of Pad Thai.
• The museum of hoaxes.
• Why are things darker when wet?
• The sacred island for Japan.
• A possible list of solutions to the Fermi paradox, thanks Gijs!
• Creating an earth sandwich.
• Poland rebuilds churches in quite a unique way..
• Why are the letters in the alphabet arranged as they are?

• 4-way Tetris.
• Notepads during medieval times.
• The history of the Black Square.
• Wonderful colonies of a sea creature (they/them).
• The bird museum.
• Geometric karaoke.
• Why people in old photos never look happy.
• Gnomes & eagles on the front porch.
• How to make a mirror.
• Where’s the middle of nowhere?
• Figures of sound.
• Who took the first photo of Earth?

That’s it, thanks for reading! Let us know by email if you have any suggestions for the Curious Corner!

Joost & Kees