Dressed to Infest
When did we start wearing clothing?
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Con-spray-a-sea
In the '50s, the US Navy secretly released a massive cloud of red bacterium into San Francisco
Maybe you know something, John Snow
An outbreak of cholera in Soho, London allowed for a natural experiment to take place.
Grunt Work
Rather sadly, the heatwave at the 2022 Falmouth Worm Charming Championships in Cornwall resulted in only a singular worm being charmed.
Happy Birthday
How many people do you need in a room to have a good chance that _at least two_ of them share the same birthday?
Off and ov again
The romanisation of your last name can give clues to when and where you came from.
You're a War Profiteer, Harry
As an Australian, your first encounter with Meriton may have been a hotel party in one of their serviced apartments in your late teens. Less well known is its founder and owner, billionaire Harry Oskar Triguboff.
You're in Big Truffle
The dark underbelly of truffle flavouring.
Wheely Cool
The wheel may only have been invented as a functional device once in history.
Water is a Dam Pain
In history class, the Mesopotamians and Egyptians are often presented as the earliest examples of how access to water is essential for the rise of civilisation.
The Cure is Free
Everyone and their mum has a "cure" for hiccups. What if I told you that there is actually a well-tested solution?
Nibbling Babka
So dominant was his outdoor record that it stood for 26 years, until 2020.
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Window of Taxation
Wealth taxes are back in the minds of the public in the UK.
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Onfim-pressionist
Musings of a Child.
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Curie-ous about rice cookers?
How does a rice cooker know when the rice is done?
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Druze you believe in reincarnation?
One god and reincarnation.
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ADE 651
In chaos, opportunity. That must be what Jim McCormick thought.
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Not much snow for the Eskimo
You may have heard that there are numerous words for snow in the Eskimo language.
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An ewt in a napron
Who newt that a newt used to be an ewt?
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Venetian secularism
The very first printed versions of the Talmud and the Quran were produced in Venice.
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More poor definitions of Moor
You may have heard of the Moors from history class, or Shakespeare.
Orbital; a review
"Orbital," written by Samantha Harvey, feels like a short novel inspired by Carl Sagan's quote in Pale Blue Dot.[1] Much like the six characters aboard the International Space Station (ISS), it exudes a floating, ethereal quality. Unfortunately, some of the astronauts' lives feel a
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A bad day to be an enemy of eBay
It's not every day that seven employees of a publicly listed company plead guilty to criminal conspiracy charges.
Reviews
Brave New World; a review
A Willy Wonka-esque, psychedelic-tinged novel, painting a picture of a world free from pain and unfulfilled desires.