chonkus: a cyanobacterium discovered in a underwater volcanic vent gobbles up CO₂ at prodigious levels—see previously
attentat im bรผrgerbrรคukeller: the meticulously planned attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler and other Nazi principals, foiled on this day in 1939—see also here and here
off-course: an Emperor Penguin recovering after a epic trip from Antarctica to Australia
for unlawful carnal knowledge: the various folk etymologies of a famous and satisfying swear—see also
files’s done, goodbye: Elwood Edwards—who voiced AOL’s “You’ve got mail” greeting—passed away, aged 74
bj blazkowicz: Wolfenstein franchise is enjoying a resurgence among those wanting to smash Nazis right now
the tiktok electorate: Facebook got the blame for Trump’s win in 2016 so it follows that P’Nut the Squirrel’s influencer status might be in part responsible for 2024—via tmn
๐ฆ: when the last 747 of Quantas’ fleet departed Australia for retirement, its flight path drew its logo
mauerfall: juxtaposing photos of Berlin then and now thirty-five years after the Wall came down
cells and organelles: thousands of professionally made vector illustrations and icons from the US National Institutes of Health—via Web Curios
