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| Ducor Hotel swimming pool - Monrovia, Liberia. Image © Mark Fischer licensed under Creative Commons |
Across the African continent, luxury hotels (image above) have been, and continue to be, key city landmarks. Abandoned Modernism in Liberia and Mozambique: The Afterlives of Luxury Hotels (via Things Magazine)
A Japanese house constructed without any nails 100 years ago.
Everything you could possibly want to know about Dolores del Rio - including her Enchilada Sauce Recipe and a sweet Vincent Price anecdote. (Via perfect for roquefort cheese)
This modern house in Oregon offers spectacular views of five different mountains.
Looking for a good read? Recommend Me a Book allows you to read the first page of a book without judging the cover. If you're hooked, click the reveal button to find out more.
Beautiful: The Yasutake Sweets Shop in Dazaifu
World's scariest bridge? The transparent bridge, which is suspended nearly 4,000 feet in the air on the Taihang Mountain in Hebei, China, uses LCD screens and sound effects to simulate crumbling glass. I would never have recovered from that experience.
I wish I could do this: Cake decorating wizard!
The Diet That Amazed Europe This poem by David Berman amazed me. Read it even if you do not usually read poetry.
Codebreakers Find Arctic Dispatches in 200-Year-Old Encrypted NewspaperAds: Between 1850 and 1855, someone published a series of unusual ads in the British newspaper The Times. Almost 200 years later, a group of codebreakers has finally been able to decrypt some of them. (via my friend Alan Parker)
What does a stingray sound like? It clicks
Daisy is rancid butter. Arabella is a smell sock. Smelling his way to romance.
First lines of classic novels if no one had childcare. Imagine all the wonderful books that were never written!
What to Do With a Crumbly Church (via things magazine)
Because I want to pander to the 98% of my friends who play Wordle: A list of 271 alternative game puzzles like Wordle. (via Web Curios)
Cakes of the past recreated: What Americans Ate for Dessert 200 Years Ago
Brought together by a Twitter artist and pair of cats - a cute love story.
Does your psychiatrist hate you?
You'll be delighted to learn that rabbit show jumping is a thing.
The Vine and the Fish An illustrated story about invasive species.
Can you drive like this? I can't. In fact I could hardly watch it.
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