Why Iceland Grows Bananas

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Iceland is one of the coldest countries on Earth? Why do they grow bananas? …… scratch that. HOW DID THEY GET SO RICH?

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Is 100% Wind & Solar just a massive SCAM?

There’s a big schism among energy system analysts right now. Some experts advocate for electricity grids running on 100% solar, wind and battery energy storage. Others argue that this is nothing more than delusional ‘hopium’. But with cost curves of all these technologies following exponential trajectories, is it now realistic to project that we may soon reach this lofty goal?

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Link to access Robert Idel’s paper on LFSCOE
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EMBER paper on 100% solar and batteries
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In His Own Words: Nelson Mandela on His Imprisonment

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The 4,000-Year-Old Secret Behind The Frog Prince

🐸 A talking frog… who asks for more than he should—
Not riches. Not power. But a place at your table. Even in your bed.
Most call it a fairy tale. But what if it’s not?
What if this is one of the oldest stories we’ve ever told—a fragment of ancient rites, from a time when gods walked in animal skins and the unknown called from the water?

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🕯️ In this episode of The Resurrectionists, we dive into The Frog Prince—a tale of pact, promise, and transformation. What seems like childhood fantasy may conceal a truth as old as Bronze Age rituals, where water, frogs, and marriage bridged worlds.

📜 From German forests to Scottish wells, from ancient vodníks to Egyptian goddess Heket, the bones of this tale run deeper than you ever imagined.

⏱️ Chapters:
0:36 The Original Story Retelling
3:58 Strange Variants Across Europe
5:54 Wells, Water Spirits, and Ancient Gateways
8:42 The Animal Bridegroom Pattern
12:47 Union, Sacrifice, and the Creation of the World

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Sharks Aren’t Fish, but Whales Are

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Do you have this very rare body part? #anatomy #humanbody #science #stem #placenta #pregnancy

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Collecting Arctic char in Greenland. Day 19 of 30.

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Made in America

Podcast Episode · Planet Money · 11/07/2025 · 31m

What people might picture when they think of “Made in America” … might not look like the “Made in America” we have today.

Source: Made in America

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Dianna Cowern (@thephysicsgirl) | Watch water droplets levitate and dance on a scorching surface—this is the Leidenfrost effect, where heat meets science and things get weird.

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A Deep Dive Into Victorian Servants

Content warning: mentions of sexual abuse, suicide.

Yes, it is awkward being next-door neighbours with THE ACTUAL SUN, thank you for asking.

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Sources and further reading:
Beeton, I. 1861. The Book of Household Management. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/…
Davies, M. L. ed. 1931. Life As We Have Known It. https://archive.org/details/lifeasweh…
Delap, L. Who mops the floor now? How domestic service shaped 20th-century Britain. https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/w…
Dickens, C. 1882. Dickens’ Dictionary of London, 4th ed. pg. 245. https://archive.org/details/dickenssd…
Linton, E. L. 1874. On The Side Of The Maids. The Cornhill Magazine, 29.http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian… https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record…
Parker, E. 1830. Sampler. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7…
Sergeant, A. M. 1852. The maid of all work’s complete guide. https://archive.org/details/maidofall…


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Blood For Dracula by Chris Zabriskie: https://www.chriszabriskie.com
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