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• Finland Bakery Sells Dried Cricket Bread, Insect-Based Food Has Protein Than Wheat Load
• Finland Baker Launches Bread Made from Crushed Crickets
• The Hidden History of Scandinavia’s Love of Cardamom
• Survey Finds That Osaka People Don’t Eat Takoyaki Octopus Balls as Much…
Oh, Christmas Tree
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• Inside the Upside Down: The Murky Origins of a Puzzling Christmas Tree Trend
• A Day in the Life of a Christmas Tree Farm
• Cloverdale’s Only Christmas Tree Farmer Says, ‘It’s Not as Easy as People Think’
• Ho, No: Christmas Trees W…
New York Life
• The Subtle Art and Serious Physics of Subway Surfing
• NYC Transport Replaces ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ with Gender-Neutral Announcements
• New York Today: Subway Announcements Get a Human Touch
• NYC Invalidates $26 Million Worth of Parking Tickets over Tiny Error
• Man Finds Car 20 Y…
Tread Lightly, Grasshopper
• Watch a 17th-Century Portrait Magically Get Restored to Its Brilliant Original Colors
• Researchers Find Grasshopper Stuck in Classic Van Gogh Painting
• Tiny Grasshopper Found Hidden in Van Gogh Painting, 128 Years Later
• Dead Grasshopper Discovered in Vincent Van Gogh Painting
• Conservators Discover…
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…
Body Oddities
• Women Less Likely to Receive CPR in Public, Study Finds
• Hemorrhoid Cream Has Weird Benefits for Under-Eye Area
• The Age Your Brain Matures at Everything — and It Isn’t Even Fully Developed until Age 25
• How the Human Brain Tracks a 100-Mph Fastball
• Leggo My Eggo! – Apparently Frozen Waffles Are Brain Food, Who Knew?…
Viewing Pleasure
• The Art of the Japanese Teapot: Watch a Master Craftsman at Work, from the Beginning until the Startling End
• New Book on Practical Geometry for Designers, Builders and History Lovers: ‘From Truths to Tools’
• Why Do We Get So Much Pleasure from Symmetry?
• Don’t Look at My Nipples
• The Faces on Every U.S. Bil…
Embodiment of Art
• Could a Farting Statue Unite Brexit Britain?
• 25 Million Images from 14 Art Institutions to Be Digitized & Put Online in One Huge Scholarly Archive
• 2,000+ Impressionist, Post-Impressionist & Early Modern Paintings Now Free Online, Thanks to the Barnes
• Barnes Collection Online
• When Claude Monet Slashed…
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• Top 10 Books about Pastoral Life
• Country Diary: In the Slow Lane of an Old Roman Road
• Country Diary 1917: Passing Companionship in the Wood
• Country Diary: One Spider to Make a Song and Dance About
• Country Diary 1967: Summit Cairn Vandals
• Country Diary: Insects Still Find Sanctuary in the P…
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• Country Diary 1917: Bungled Wasps’ Nest Theft Leads to Discovery
• Country Diary: Sycamores Create Painterly Clumps of Colour and Shade
• Country Diary: The Air Is Heavy with the Scent of Apples
• Country Diary: Up to the Gills in Toadstool Spores
Bug Changes Ahead?
• Monarch Butterflies Migrate 3,000 Miles — Here’s How
• Why Stink Bug Populations Are Booming in 2017 (and What You Can Do about It)
• These Ants Seem to Prefer Living on Tectonic Faults
• To Find Nectar, Bees Follow Blue Halos
• Flowers Have Secret Blue Halos That Bumblebees Can See
• 7 Surprising Insect …
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• Country Diary: The House Martins Have Taken Their Song and Departed
• Country Diary 1917: Ducks Float Like Toy Birds in the Early Haze
• Country Diary: Dark Trees Guard Even Darker Mysteries
• Country Diary: Solitary Wasp’s Embrace Means the End of the Road
Bug Woes After Harvey
• Why They’re Rescuing Bats in Houston
• Harvey Is a 1,000-Year Flood Event Unprecedented in Scale
• Yes, That’s a Huge Floating Mass of Live Fire Ants in Texas
• J.J. Watt’s Flood Relief Fund Tops $8.5 Million after Boost from Walmart and Ellen DeGeneres
• How These Insects Bite 700 Times Faster Than You Can Blin…
38,690-Day-Old Fruitcake
• Shopping Cart Alignment Chart
• Bread Storage Alignment Chart
• The Bottom Plate
• Should You Eat a 106-Year-Old Fruitcake?
• 35-Year-Old Can Of Corn Donated To Food Bank, Which Naturally Decides To Open It
• The Hamburger on Display in a Canadian Legislature
• Seattle Mariners Fans Are Going Crazy for these Crunchy Grass…
On the Road
• What Happens If You Turn off the Traffic Lights?
• The Geographical Challenges of Building a Continuous Drivable Road around the Earth
• Estimated Insect Deaths Due to Collisions with Motor Vehicles
• To Guard Against Climate Change, Los Angeles Is Painting Its Streets White
• Drinking and Drive-Overs
• Is It Better to Back in…
Birds, Bees, & RentaCarp
• Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces
• New Research Helps Confirm Why Horses Have Single-Toed Hooves
• How Do Albatrosses Fly around the World? (Studies)
• The Bees Behind Your Morning Coffee Might Be in Big Trouble
• Lonely Guests at This Belgian Hotel Can Rent a Goldfish…
Hardly Working
• About 40% of ‘Worker’ Ants Just Hang Around, Doing Nothing
• 40% of Worker Ants Are Actually Lazy Slackers, But They Have Their Reasons
• “Work Is Very Important” – Percentage Who Agree
• These Are the Highest Paying Jobs in America Right Now
• By the Numbers: How Americans Spend (More of) Their Money