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First reported by Norwegian news outlet Dagen Næringsliv—and possibly the rather sad and pathetic intimation was even thought fit to print ...

isolated dictatorship : Canadian MP urges citizens to avoid travel south of the border   sykkelinfrastruktur : an amazing bike tunnel in Be...

the moral arc of the universe is buffering : an update on where we stand  intermission : Cardhouse’s 2024 mixtape   chimera : archaeologist...

unpodcasted : one hundred ninety nine ideas about etymologies, idioms and eponyms that Helen Zaltzman has not produced an episode for—yet  ...

In anticipation of eventual ratification of the 1994 UN treaty, the Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, see more ), the United Sta...

This is cute. Previously we’ve posted about how internationally distributed entertainment is sometimes retitled for different audienc...

Via the New Shelton wet/dry , we are directed towards an interesting academic speculation from amateur historian Felice Vinci who transp...

Though conventions of the neopagan Wheel of the Year observes the holiday on the Winter/Summer Solstice, traditionally Yule fell later on...

Following his uncertain defeat on this day in 911 in the Siege of Chartres, the Viking leader Rollo entered into negotiations with Frankis...

Lyrics written by Andover, Massachusetts seminarian Samuel Francis Smith to the melody of the British royal anthem, God Save the King, t...

A highly sociable beluga whale, a local celebrity nicknamed Hvaldimir , a portmanteau of the Norwegian word for whale plus the first name of...

Accompanied by an original score by Edvard Grieg that includes two of the most recognisable pieces of classical music, “ In the Hall of th...

elektrisk kjøretøy : a retrospective look at how A-ha inspired and informed Norway’s early adoption of electric vehicles—via Things Magazi...

The first Norwegian group to do so, A-Ha's signature single— see previously —topped the US Billboard’s Hot 100 first ...

cheesewrights and turophiles : Noëlle Janaczewska on the culinary and artistic history of cheese  causal observer : a teenager in Trondhjem...

First issued on this day in 1922 under sanction of the League of Nations—and officially designated as passports for stateless person...

dandelion wine : slow drinks made with our favourite noxious weed— see also   give that wolf a banana and before that wolf eats my grandma...

w / n / p / a/ : the beauty and brutality of the natural world—via Web Curios     fly around : a happy tune from Bill Wurtz—via Waxy   skram...

1:12 : a 1983 architectural magazine’s call for dollhouses   way-finder : a friendly reminder about the most important app ever made  i c...

Distinct from tsunamis, killer waves—defined as reaching twice the height of waves in a wave record—occur in open-water as a convergence...