A little refreshing randomness from around the globe
It’s a window to the world.
More specifically, it’s a window between London and New York City, and it’s called the Telectroscope. It claims to be a tunnel, buried through the earth, connecting the two cities. If you stand on one side in Brooklyn, you can see out the other end, in London City Hall.
It isn’t [...]
The line goes down the block, at five in the morning.
The Tsukiji Market, in Tokyo, has some of the freshest sea food you will ever see, let alone taste. This gigantic, sprawling epicenter of Japanese seafood commerce features hundreds of restaurants, kitchen wholesalers, and forklifts traveling at breakneck speeds. Octopus meatballs, grilled eels, and uni [...]
It was found in an English garage.
This seemingly pickled dragon was also found with technical papers, in German. The papers suggested that in the 19th century, German scientists had created the creature - most likely out of india rubber, or wax - in order to hoax their British counterparts at the Natural History Museum. Supposedly, [...]
It’s cannibalism at its sweetest.
The body bakery, in Thailand, specializes in delicious body parts. Made out of dough, raisins, cashews and chocolates, this specialty draws up to a hundred customers a day. The baker isn’t merely macabre - he’s an artist.
Kittiwat Unarrom has a master’s in fine art, but a family in the baking business. [...]
In 1971, a former military barracks in Copenhagen had a surprising rebirth.
In the face of rising rent, a group of journalists, anarchists, and hippies took the place over. They christened the place ‘Christiania,’ and released a mission statement announcing that the barracks would form a ’self-governing society.’ Residents would make their own rules through consensus. [...]
It used to be a power plant.
Nowadays, the Tate Modern is one of the most popular museums in London - it specializes in modern art. One huge room, in particular, is the site of some of its more unique works: the Turbine Hall, which once housed the power generators themselves.
It was here that a Danish [...]
They are revered, praised, and toasted.
They are cherry blossoms - sakura - and they bloom for mere days. In Japan, their arrival is a national event: wide-eyed newscasters narrate elaborate national maps, explaining how one particular region is in 60% bloom. When forecasters get their predictions wrong, by even one day, they issue national apologies.
It is a house fit for either a genius, or a 12-year old.
The home of Teller - legally, he has only one name - includes trick mirrors, human skulls, and the inevitable secret passages. Medieval torture racks come outfitted with artificial skeletons, and he still has a coffin in which he was stuffed for his [...]
It’s like a cross between Halloween, and a riot.
In Japan, the mochi nage is performed to bless a new home. After the frame has been completed, a Shinto temple is erected on top of the house. Here, the carpenters and home owner give thanks to the house’s spirit, and wish for luck in the coming [...]
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