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👀 Pareidolia
Pareidolia is seeing a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern.
Jan 17, 2023
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July 2021
💫 Comet
A comet is an icy rock shooting through space. When it passes close to the Sun, it warms and begins to release trapped gasses — a process called…
Jul 29, 2021
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💎 Amethyst
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The word is Greek for “non-intoxicating”, a reference to the belief they protect their owners from drunkenness.
Jul 28, 2021
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⚬ Kōan
A kōan is a story, dialogue, question, or statement used in the practice of Zen. It’s a challenge — intended to provoke a "great doubt" and test a…
Jul 27, 2021
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🦢 Pfeilstorch
Their name is German for “arrow stork” — they’d literally return to Europe in the summer with an arrow stuck in their bodies. Not only was this stork…
Jul 26, 2021
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👘 Silk Road
The Silk Road describes a network of trade routes connecting China and Europe. It gets its name from the lucrative trade of silk it facilitated, which…
Jul 25, 2021
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🎂 Wedding cake
Wedding cakes first appeared in Ancient Rome. What we’d now call a “regular loaf of bread” would be ceremoniously broken over the bride's head for good…
Jul 24, 2021
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🀄️ Senet
Senet is a board game recovered from ancient Egypt. The word means “passing afternoon” in Coptic — but there’s just one small problem...
Jul 23, 2021
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🚲 Twike
Twike is a portmanteau of the words twin and bike. It carries two people + cargo, and can be driven in electric-only mode or electric + pedal power…
Jul 22, 2021
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🎲 Pseudorandom number generator
Randomness is much harder to achieve than you’d think. So hard that computers need to store a watered-down version of randomness called “entropy” in…
Jul 21, 2021
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Harlequin
Harlequins were mischievous "devil" characters from 11th century French plays. They were later re-interpreted as scheming, manipulative, Loki-like…
Jul 20, 2021
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Hunter-Killer
The Hunter-Killer program was the first use of drones (sorry, “unmanned combat air vehicles”) for killing, in addition to intelligence gathering. Their…
Jul 19, 2021
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