June 8, 2022

The Curious Corner of the Internet #87

The Curious Corners #87

Hi! Welcome to the Curious Corner of the Internet. This edition is a bit later, mostly due to stuff related to moving and a cycle tour of 235 kilometers... (in a single day!). Anyhow, this month might just be history month due to the amount of historical things in this edition, enjoy! 🙏

• Helmets for the art of looking.
• Stamps with mistakes.
• A growing typeface.
• The watch that came from the cold.
• Haribo's history.
• Composing the Windows 95 sound.
• Mining minerals from your body.
• Mithradites of Fond du Lac.
• We domesticated the blueberry.
• Crossing the alps with an elephant in 1959.

• Painting with explosives.
• A rollercoaster in Excel.
• The White House has its own record collection.
• Spotting a bird.
• A timeline on metrication.
• The coaches from Hungary.
• The two envelopes problem.
• Reinventing printmaking in from the 1970s.
• Vintage computer ads.
• On insect intellect.

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

Joost & Kees