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A list of intriguing things
Loggerhead sea turtles are the best form of public transportation—if you live in the ocean, that is. Did you know that they can carry more than 100,000 tiny animals on their shells. As one marine expert put it: “There literally is a [whole] world on there.”
Fake plane rides, anyone? Residents of Taipei can now head to the airport, go through immigration and security, board a plane… and go back home. All this for the lucky 90 people picked by the city’s Songshan airport to experience what is usually the worst part of a vacation.
Quick, what’s more pretentious than airpods? Why, designer ‘pouchlettes’ to store them, of course! Coming soon to a Delhi aunty near you: these Louis Vuitton eyesores.
Twelve dots on a grid. But why can’t our brain see all of them at once? The answer is pretty cool.
The #VogueChallenge is a social media contest for readers who vie to create a cover photo shoot worthy of editor Edward Enniful’s approval. These are two of his picks. The rest are on his Insta account.
A list of good reads
- Huffington Post reveals how the Delhi police is using something called FIR 59 to imprison activists and students indefinitely. This is an eye-opening and essential read.
- Cnet explains how loneliness due to lockdowns and social distancing is changing our brains and our bodies.
- Tulasi Srinivas in The Conversation offers a lively overview of the Indian goddesses of contagion.
