Tue. 12/15 – The Origins of the Emoticon
Coronavirus Daily Briefing
The latest in deep sea luxury tourism. The story of a guy who just found out this week that he’s been a meme for years. The fascinating geometry of Pringles. And an actually kinda sweet story about the polio vaccine.
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Triton's latest submarine puts six people in a bubble, 3,300 feet under (New Atlas) Guy who became a meme thread (Adrian Smith, Twitter) I Accidentally Became A Meme (BuzzFeed, YouTube)Geometry of Pringles: The Crunchy Hyperbolic Paraboloid (Interesting Engineering)The delightful—and timely—story of how 'A Spoonful of Sugar' ended up in 'Mary Poppins' (Upworthy) Kottke.OrgJackson Bird on TwitterNo segments available for this episode yet.