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Looksmaxxing
“Looksmaxxing” is the internet’s hyper-optimised [Ed: and frankly quite odd] answer to our ancient preoccupation with physical attractiveness.
Apr 16
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Remo Giuffré
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Snowflake Bentley
The idea that “no two snowflakes are alike” is technically true. Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley spent his life both documenting and celebrating that fact.
Apr 15
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Remo Giuffré
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Pet Rock
The “Pet Rock” was a novelty product, created by advertising executive Gary Dahl in 1975, that became a cultural phenomenon – albeit ever so briefly.
Apr 14
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Remo Giuffré
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Lorem Ipsum
It turns out not to be random Latin gibberish after all. Well, not all of it anyway.
Apr 13
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Remo Giuffré
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Google Glass
Don't be such a glasshole.
Apr 12
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Remo Giuffré
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Kowloon Walled City
At one time – the most densely populated place on Earth
Apr 9
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Rock of Eye
Sometimes you don’t need to measure. Sometimes you just know.
Apr 8
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Remo Giuffré
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Maneki-Neko
The maneki-neko (招き猫, literally “beckoning cat”) is a common Japanese figurine which is believed to bring good luck to the owner.
Apr 7
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Remo Giuffré
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Scissors Paper Rock
Rock beats scissors. Paper beats rock. Scissors beats paper.
Apr 6
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Remo Giuffré
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Pale Blue Dot: Encore
The photograph taken by Voyager 1 at the request of astronomer and author Carl Sagan that completed changed our perspective on humanity’s place in the…
Apr 5
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Remo Giuffré
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Episode 45: Erik Spiekermann
Don't work for assholes. Don't work with assholes.
Apr 2
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The Blue Fugates
For more than a century, deep in the hollows of eastern Kentucky, stories circulated about a family whose skin carried a striking bluish tint.
Apr 1
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Remo Giuffré
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