Sunday Links

Image: KÖR Kunst

Do you think Vienna’s $2 million water fountain (above) the ugliest in the world? Many people are critical of its aesthetic.

Rotating house for sale in New Zealand can rotate continuously like a carousel.

“I meet the proposition with unutterable scorn and contempt” A letter from a freed slave to his former owner’s wife.

Don’t put your phone in rice if it gets wet.You’ll wreck it.

A lovely archive of modern illustration from 1950-1975 (thingsmagazine)

How to Succeed with Brunettes, 1967. 

“There is no forest without as much brushwood as will burn it.” From a  collection of Irish proverbs.

In search of the last saola, an animal last photographed in 2013.

The most iconic nose injuries in the history of (crime) film. (via everlasting blort)

Weird information to dispense on a first date (via the new shelton wet/dry)

Hybrid Cities A mashup of iconic places, skyscrapers, climates and world powers. (Moscanbul, Rio Londoneiro and more)

Woodblock prints known as namazu-e are rooted in a myth that earthquakes were caused by the movements of a great catfish (public domain review)

Why is one side of aluminum foil shiny and the other dull?

An opera diva, a queen of surveillance and Selfridges’ ‘secret service’ head were among the women who rivalled male private eyes but were written out of history. A new book tells their stories.

RIP Flaco, the beloved New York owl who died after colliding with a building 

A small town in Alberta, Canada, is the self-proclaimed "World Capital of Dinosaurs". 

Ballerina on the Boat, with choreography help from members of the Bolshoi.(via perfect for roquefort cheese)

The Street Names of Budapest: A mapped analysis of who Budapest's streets and public spaces were named after and what this reveals about the city's history.

Brothers dancing in sync Siblings dancing and-roller-skating.