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The Sugar Lab in East Los Angeles is the world's first true digital bakery, run by a small team of rogue chefs, architects-turned-designers, and tech geeks. Their 3D printed Halloween treats include Day of the Dead sugar skulls (above). Drop one into a cocktail and watch the colour change as a mirage of glitter sparkles from the swirl. 

The family that built a ballpark molten cheese monopoly (Thanks Bruce!)

A more accurate Chevron ad.

Who's calling? For years, the public payphone in Beijing sat underused, eclipsed by the rise of the smartphone. Then on a Saturday in July it began ringing ... and ringing ... and ringing.

Some don'ts for the female cyclist.(The list is very long)

For those of you who are filthy rich and want to live like royalty: A 17th century Kew Palace lookalike in West Sussex is on the market. 

Steve Jobs Showing off Macintosh to Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf in 1984 

Lovely handwriting.

I enjoy 4K city walking tours. This one takes us through some lovely shopping streets in Kyoto, Japan from Hokanji Temple to Kyomizu Temple. (Watch full screen)

The Pilot Who Was Sucked Out of Plane for Twenty Minutes at 23,000ft and Survived  I bet those were the longest twenty minutes of this life.

"Slaves on a conveyor belt line. Stuck in a system." This may be the saddest Twitter thread I have ever read 

Talk to Books Browse passages from books using experimental AI (via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)

This is how you fix potholes.

The Fenland bog oak table: In 2012 farmers discovered a prehistoric oak preserved for 5,000 years in a Cambridgeshire peat bog. The trunk was 44 feet long and weighed five tons. After ten years it is now a massive table set in Ely Cathedral which was built on drained fens, the same environment that saved the oak for so long. (via Miss Cellania)

The 20 Companies That Produce Over 30% Of The World's Greenhouse Emissions

This reminds me of the time Trump suggested nuking hurricanes to stop them from hitting the US: Anti-Hurricane Barges

"16 or 20 people waiting for the shock or electrical sensation that comes to all sooner or later." Rocks that Shock (via Strange Company)

Just in time for Halloween: Jane Asher's Costume Book. Jane is a British actress and writer but is perhaps best remembered in North America as Paul McCartney's girlfriend in the early 60s. (via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)

Two kids, one pony Expo'67 or bust (NYT link)

The Food Timeline makes food history fun! (via everlasting blort )

Cat Generator