July 6, 2022

The Curious Corner of the Internet #88

The Curious Corners #88

Hi! Welcome to the Curious Corner of the Internet. 👋 The summer schedule is to keep this newsletter running, We've got more then enough material and time to have it ready! If you're new here, the premise is simple: If a single line description tickles your curiosity, you'll click it 👆.

Here we go for the links this month, enjoy!

• Piecharts of dogs.
• A book of all colors.
• The life-cycle of a corpse flower.
• Why houses in Bermuda have white stepped roofs.
• How icecream became comfort food.
• Checkbox olympics.
• A frog that cannot jump.
• A single page calendar that's always right!
• A library with books that can be read in 100 years.
• Do octopuses dream of crabs?

• To the shores of the polar sea.
• A baroque pearl connection.
• A bug zapper with a kill-counter.
• A salty soy lamp.
• The first real chess robot.
• A generative encyclopedia of imaginary sea creatures.
• A rail tunnel that disappears into... (thanks Krispijn!)
• An irrational passion for umlauts.
• World's highest website.
• How to multiply with roman numerals.

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

Joost & Kees