To meet the strict historic preservation standards of the Camden borough, the architects of DHaus Company designed The Arches townhouses to evoke a Victorian railway viaduct. London is much better than North America at preserving neighbourhoods.
Test your colour categorization: The ismy.blue test. (Via Memo Of The Air)
On Oct 5,1974, having walked just over twenty-three thousand kilometres, Dave Kunst became the first independently verified individual to have circumambulated the globe. He went through twenty-one pairs of shoes. (via PfRC)
The “Boyfriend Cop Murder Trial”: The Irresolvable Tragedy of the Karen Read Case
It's smaller than a poppy seed, but packs tremendous complexity into that tiny space. (bookofjoe)
What The Fluff? American food traditions that started as marketing ploys.
An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department found out the hard way that you can’t take metal near an MRI machine.
How delicate deep-sea comb jellies hold their shape under crushing pressure miles deep in the ocean. (via Metafilter)
Did you know that Grip, the talking raven in Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge, was based on a real bird? - Futility Closet
Swamp Coolers let passengers stay cool before modern air conditioning became a regular feature on mainstream cars.
The world’s longest ongoing treasure hunt with a single prize is reportedly over with an individual finding the buried owl statuette after thirty-one years of searching. (via PfRC)
Spend 36 hours in my favourite city. (If you go I’ve got a few tips for you)
Clone Wars An octogenarian rancher who raised trophy animals to be killed for sport was sentenced to six months in federal prison for cloning a sheep.
Shelter dogs learning they’ve been adopted. Heartwarming.
When your cat smells like a porta potty on a hot day in Juarez: How to Bathe a Cat (via Miss Cellania )
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