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• The World’s Largest Starbucks Just Opened in Shanghai, and We Have One Word: Wow
• World’s Largest, Most Lavish Starbucks Opens in Shanghai
• The World’s Largest Starbucks Is 30,000 Square Feet and Just Opened in China
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And No Russian Doubt?
• How the Apollo 11 Crew Reacted to Lunar Conspiracy Theories
• Speech Recognition Technology Used to Analyze Apollo Mission Tapes
• The Lame Reason NASA Gave Up on Sending Astronauts to Venus in 1973
• NASA Creates Amazing ‘Chain Mail’ Wheel for Future Mars Rover…
Muji International
• Akiko Katayama: Making the Leap from Business to Food in NYC
• How Muji, Japan’s Most Famous Anti-Brand, Plans to Win America
• Muji Is Now Selling $27,000, 98 Square Foot Micro-Home ‘Huts’
• I Rented a Friend in Japan, and It Made Me a Better Friend
• Strangers Fondle Japanese Woman’s Breasts as Part of ‘Fre…
Christmas Turkeys
• Which Is the Greatest City for Christmas: London or Paris?
• Mall Declares War on Infuriating Christmas-Time Slow Walkers
• What’s the Difference Between a Gift and a Present?
• Wearing an Ugly Holiday Sweater Will Score You This Amazing Airline Perk
• Want Priority Boarding On Your Alaska Airlines Flight This Holiday Season? Wear…
AI Applications 1
• How Artificial Intelligence Could Revolutionize Archival Museum Research
• Using Digitized Botany Specimens, AI Excels in Simple Curatorial Tasks
• Can Swarming Robots and Cloud Umbrellas Help Save Coral Reefs?
• Drip by Kickstarter, a Continuously Funding Tool for Artists to Build Community a…
Crispy, Crackly Pickleback Pop?
• Standard Measurement Scales for Crispy, Crackly, and Crunchy Foods
• Why Do We Eat Popcorn at the Movies?
• Scientists Discover Grass That Tastes Like Salt and Vinegar Crisps
• A Brief History of the Pickleback Shot
• What Is Cold Brew Coffee — a…
National Colors
• The Reason You Almost Never See Purple on National Flags
• Tourism Logos of US States
• Tourism Logos of Canadian Provinces
• Tourism Logos for Italian Regions
• The World’s Most Powerful Passport Is No Longer European
• Places Where English Is an Official Language
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Butterball, Bath, & Beyond
• Japan’s “Leftover Bathwater Drink” Wants You to Imagine Beautiful Nude Women as You Sip It
• KFC Cooks Up Fried Chicken Bath Salts in Japan
• You Can Now Smell Like Fried Chicken Thanks to This KFC Drumstick Bath Bomb
• This Ice Cream Is Flavored Like Thanksgiving Dinner Foods
• Thanksgiving-Inspired Ice…
Around Japan 5
• The Secret Lives of Japanese Families: 8 Unusual Household Rules Revealed
• Japanese Artist Reveals the Truth Behind All Those Happy Photos on Social Media
• Japanese Artist Illustrates the Right and Wrong Ways to Carry an Umbrella on Public Transport
• Why Do Japanese People Wear Medical Masks in Public?
• A Japanes Teenager is S…
Food Findings
• The History of Five Uniquely American Sandwiches
• How ‘Citizen Housewives’ Made Food Cheaper and Safer
• The History and Rebirth of the American Automat
• This Automated Restaurant Was Supposed to Be the Future of Dining. Until Humanity Struck Back
• The Surprising Science Behind the World’s Most Popular Frui…
Art of the Mustache
• Becoming with Sheep (Art Project)
• Need a Good Laugh? Check out Some 17th-Century Dutch Art
• The Dutch Masters Are Back: Blockbuster Vermeer Exhibition Opens at the National Gallery of Art
• Walter Isaacson Goes Inside the Most Creative Mind in History: Leonardo Da Vinci
• Leonardo Da Vinci: The …
Food for the Senses
• Grocery Shoppers Buy More Food When the Music Is Slower
• This Song Is So Relaxing, Scientists Recommend NOT Listening While Behind the Wheel
• More Songs’ Emotional Moods Inverted with Key Changes
• The First Batch of 2018 Colors of the Year Is Here
• What You Call a Color Depends on How You Use It
Cows and Effect
• Cow Farts Are an Even Bigger Problem Than We Thought
• Intelligent, Inquisitive, Loving: The Secret Life of Cows
• The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young — Review
• How a Quarter of Cow DNA Came from Reptiles
• Dutch Startup Wants to Train Crows to Clean Streets of Cigarette Butts
• TV Commercial Depicts Gia…
Very Special Delivery
• Parrot Goes Viral after Placing Amazon Order
• Woman Couldn’t Explain Mysterious Amazon Orders until Her Parrot Talked
• Madonna Can’t Convince FedEx She Is Really Madonna
• UPS Denies Delivering Package That Trapped Man in Home
• UPS Driver Accidentally Traps Customer in Flat with Terrible Parcel Placemen…
Poo Corner
• How Poop Makes the World Go ‘Round
• Scientists Explain Why Coffee Makes You Poop
• The Secret Life of Burning Man’s 1,700 Porta Potties
• First Date Involves Human Poo and Firefighters
• Woman on Tinder Date Gets Stuck in Window Trying to Retrieve Her Own Poop
• Woman Rescued by Fire Bri…
Artificial Ingredients
• The Amazing Ways Coca Cola Uses Artificial Intelligence and Big Data to Drive Success
• Orchestra Conductors Watch Out – Here’s a Robot Who Can Do the Job
• Robot Conductor Leads Beautiful Live Orchestra Performance
• Japanese Robot Dog Sniffs Your Feet and Faints If They’re Smell…
Around Town 1
• Driverless Shuttles Could Help Seniors Get around in Rural Japan
• Where Does ‘Taking Back Control’ Leave Our Shopping Streets? In Cloud Cuckoo Land
• One Italian City’s Ingenious Plan to Combat Xenophobia with Design
• Vending Machine Startup Hopes to Put Bodegas out of Business
Around Japan 1
• Tokyo Is Now Home to a Karaoke-Themed Ferris Wheel
• Japanese Woman Punches Boyfriend, Charms Internet Following His Terrible Restaurant Manners
• Tour of a Japanese Convenience Store
• Japanese Companies Poke Fun at Their Own Products in Hilariously Self-Deprecating Advertisement…
Living Color
• The Color of Feeling Better
• A Nostalgic Look at Crayons
• Meet Crayola’s Newest Crayon Color: Bluetiful
• Why There Are so Few Words for Blue
• Dulux’s Colour of the Year, Heart Wood, Soothes Against the ‘Instability’ of the World
• The Real Difference Between Warm and Cool Colors