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omnishambles: Atlas Obscura features an interesting omnibus article on Olympic ruins, but maybe the same fate won’t befall Rio de Janeiro

touch of evil: a look at admissible evidence in the seventeenth century

tundra: thawing Siberian permafrost is reanimating long frozen pathogens

surrealismo: artist Benoit Paillé experiments with flash and coloured gels in documenting his road-trip across Mexico

salty peppers: cringe-worthy original names of now epic bands, via Boing Boing

gingerbread palace: a pictorial profile of the Victorian seaside resort, the Cliff House, of San Francisco

down-spout: a home in Japan designed to let the rain in, because it should be embraced just as much as sunshine