July 2020 - Page 3 of 6 - Curious Links

The Stilt Fishermen of Sri Lanka

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(via Amusing Planet) Stilt fishing is a method of fishing unique to the island country of Sri Lanka, located off

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(via Smithsonian) The Peristera, a cargo vessel loaded with thousands of amphorae, sank in the Aegean Sea around 500 B.C.

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(via Listverse) It is amazing how quickly a rumor can spread in today’s world of social media, but don’t be

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(via Mental Floss) The Oregon Trail has been immortalized in pop culture through Western films and the incredibly popular computer

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(via Great Big Story) Garip Ay’s paintings come to life in the most extraordinary way. The Turkish artist uses an

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(via Atlas Obscura) In 1901, a traveling researcher recorded some Chinese opera, and accidentally made music history.

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(via Mental Floss) Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes, and World War II was certainly a

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(via Smithsonian) Peter Lax was just a teenager when he went to Los Alamos to join the team that developed

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(via Listverse) Many buildings from the ancient world are still visible today but a few have managed to transcend their

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(via Mental Floss) What do you get when you mix one part action movie with one part holiday flick and

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(via Great Big Story) Mutlaq Khader Salem Al-Juwain lives in a goat-hair tent in the desert in Jordan. His family

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(via Mental Floss) For the people who manage to make it through each day without tossing back cup after cup