10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #120

Did you know that Mars was once coated in a green magma ocean? This week you can read love letters that never reached their destined recipient, learn how to make a Zen waterfall in your loungeroom, Jetson’s-style futuristic bubble cars and much more – it’s edition #120 of interesting things!

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Mars was once covered in a green magma ocean!

Scientists now think Mars was once covered in a global magma ocean, and eventually, gravity began to separate the different stuff within this gooey ultra-hot blob into layers. Via Inverse

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A tiny tram built from Lego to be a replica of the real deal in Melbourne

I loved the enthusiastic scaling against the real trams on the street and the energetic music in the video 🙂 By Max Productions on Youtube.

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I cannot wait to possess you – love letters never received

Over 100 letters sent by wives, parents and siblings to their loved ones in the French navy – but never delivered – have been opened and studied for the first time since they were written in 1757-8.

“I could spend the night writing to you … I am your forever faithful wife. Good night, my dear friend. It is midnight. I think it is time for me to rest.”

So wrote Marie Dubosc to her husband, the first Lieutenant of the Galatée, a French warship, in 1758. She didn’t know where Louis Chambrelan was, or that his ship had been captured by the British. He would never receive her letter and they would never meet again. Marie died the following year in Le Havre, almost certainly before Louis was released. In 1761, he remarried, safely back in France.

“I cannot wait to possess you” wrote Anne Le Cerf to her husband, a non-commissioned officer on the Galatée. She perhaps meant “embrace” but also “to make love to you”. She signed “Your obedient wife Nanette”, an affectionate nickname. Imprisoned somewhere in England, Jean Topsent would never receive Nanette’s love letter.

Story via Eureka Alerts

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Making a cave waterfall for inside your loungeroom

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A fascinating phylogenetic map of plant history

I love these kinds of educational videos that map the history of as weighty topic like plants and make it totally entertaining and also beautifully made

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What is the greatest gift someone can give you? The gift of ourselves

Via the always interesting and insightful blogger Existential Ergonomics:

“When asked to write a birthday or Christmas wish list as a child, we inevitably ask for a bike, a doll, Legos, or the latest and greatest things we saw on the television. While some adults carry the consumption mindset into adulthood–asking for clothing, makeup, electronics, and more–many have lived long enough that their priorities have shifted. They realize that the greatest gifts cannot be bought.

“What are these priceless gifts? A listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, and love of a true companion; a thoughtful gesture, a sincerely written letter, or a hand-crafted gift, or; an offer to babysit, help with chores, and give the recipient some time to themselves. I would be thrilled to be offered any of these gifts.

“However, the greatest gift of all? For me, that is good health.” Read more

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Funky little-heard reggae mix of an Australian classic, Shape I’m In by Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons

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Little Willy the sweet hedgie has a second chance at life

Via @HedgehogCabin

Little Willy. Found lying on a patio desperately trying to absorb the sun’s heat into his dying little body. Starving, flyblown, fleas, lice, and constant diarrhoea that had dehydrated him so much his eyes had sunken. After a very tense 48hrs he’s still critical, but transformed.

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Future Flow- We Shape The Future

A wonderful, uplifting and atmospheric drum and bass song

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Sweet swoopy bois

Magpies have bucklet-loads of intelligence and cheekiness and they serenade people who feed them with their melodic cacophony. In contrast they swoop and terrorise people who are mean to them. They are one of my all time favourite birds of the corvidae family in Australia.

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Jetsons motorpods are pretty mindblowing

No idea about the context of this photo! however, we can still enjoy this impressive aesthetic and engineering feat.

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Jungle Fatigue

I clicked to play just based on this cool 90’s style crab playing vinyl but I kept listening because of this refreshing atmospheric D&B mix that was like diving into a cold ocean pool.

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Let’s make miniature bok choy and fried tofu

This channel (which I have shared before) is hypnotic and relaxing. This looks like a big meal for a tiny squirrel, or maybe a large mouthful for a gigantic human of our sizes.

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Ray Ceasar’s elegant cephalopods are the belles of the underwater kingdom

Via Ms Adrian Black on Twitter

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Lovingly making a miniature kobacha cake made of pumpkin for halloween

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The Real versus the False Sublime by Robert Greene

One of my favourite writers and thinkers of all time on how to tell the difference between the real and the false sublime. I can’t wait for his new book!

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