April 6, 2022

The Curious Corner of the Internet #85

The Curious Corners #85

While the weather has been strange this week, the steady flow of interesting things from the curious corners of the web continues! Happy to have you around and forward this if you think someone needs to discover something today! ⏭

• A meme pop-up book!
• A ghost word in the dictionary.
• A croissant lamp.
• Technicolor Tokyo.
• Marble pillows.
• An underwater musical performance.
• Breaking a Tetris record.
• The secret of a silver clasp.
• Where did language come from?
• The cube rule of food identification.

• How can boa’s constrict and keep breathing?
• Sweeping time.
• Growing plants in space.
• On Kafka’s hypochondria.
• The destruction of Pompeii reconstructed. (Thanks Erwin!)
• Who invented the jigsaw puzzle?
• The Tarot garden.
• A digital botanist.
• Maps from Tolkien.
• Fold your own fractal tree.

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

Joost & Kees