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Oldest Vaulted Fan ceiling in the World, Gloucester Cathedral, designed by Thomas de Cantebrugge 1371

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Lingthusiasm Episode 114: Begonia, average coral, and sea pink – Defining colour terms with Kory Stamper

begonia: a deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral (see ‘coral’ 3B), bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet William, called also ‘gaiety’. In this episode, your hosts Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne get … Continue reading

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I Built a Secret Door to Trick my Landlord

The tiny library is complete. Try Opera for free: https://opr.as/Opera-browser-morleykert I built a tiny library on my stairs: • I Built a Tiny Library on my Stairs Behind the scenes, live Q&As, private discord server: / morleykert 🛍️ THINGS I … Continue reading

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It’s 90% more efficient. You probably won’t like it.

[…] Patreon: / chrisspargo Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/chrisspargo The Guardian – Rage against the dimming light https://www.theguardian.com/world/202… Douglass, J.N. (1879). The Electric Light applied to Lighthouse Illumination. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, [online] 57(1879), pp.77–110. doi:https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1879.22341. Lecture … Continue reading

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Hundred Thousand Brick House (2020) by Labwerk

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The UK is currently running on 77% renewables right now!

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This is how dozens of trucks are packed onto a single barge

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The anglerfish is famous for its lure but there is so much more

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Hahaha, this is hilariously wholesome.

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He was deaf for 35 years + Listener Stories kickoff — Twenty Thousand Hertz – The stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.

Art by Jon McCormack https://megaphone.link/TTH9889813714 Last year, we ran three full episodes of listener-produced stories. But one beautiful story was just a little too long for the final cut… and we couldn’t leave it behind. In this episode, sound designer … Continue reading

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