November 2020 - Curious Links

My Hunt for the Original McDonald’s French-Fry Recipe

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(via Atlas Obscura) Veteran line-cooks, experts, and die-hard fans tell the story of the fries that birthed an empire, then

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(via Listverse) Art is a subjective thing. Some people look at modern art and see a pile of junk while

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(via Mental Floss) Bruce Lee is one of pop culture’s most multifaceted icons. Legions of fans admire him for his

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(via Atlas Obscura) Twenty-five travelers departed for the Arctic. Six made it home.

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(via Mental Floss) Not every great invention was created according to plan. Some, in fact, were the result of a

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(via Mental Floss) There’s more to creating a successful company than simply coming up with a catchy name. While brand names

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(via Mental Floss) Thanksgiving is one of the most anticipated meals of the year. But the day after? Leftover central.

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(via Mental Floss) Halloween is for candy comas, and on Independence Day we grill, but no holiday is as completely

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(via Mental Floss) Steve Martin and John Candy starred in the holiday movie classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles, writer/director John

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(via Smithsonian) Impressionist Frederick McCubbin painted “The Pioneer” (1904) over an earlier work titled “Found”

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(via Inside Hook) They’re tacky, lazy and an abomination. They’re also just what we need.

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(via Atlas Obscura) For decades, often using a fake identity, he stole antique maps worth thousands of dollars each.