Grist List
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Map of place name origins proves that we all secretly live in a fantasy novel
"Going to Jersey" sounds pretty mundane. But an epic trek to Spear Island City? COUNT US IN.
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Internet balloons are Google’s latest bid for world domination
Google is delivering internet to the developing world, and it's doing it via hot air balloon.
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Check out this theater made almost completely out of recycled paper
Live theater is inherently temporary. A Parisian firm designed an innovative theater to reflect that.
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If your commute isn’t douchey enough, ditch the bike for a $2,700 electric unicycle
Do you have too many wheels and too much money? Perhaps you want this self-balancing electric unicycle.
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This is where pay phones go when they die
A Manhattan photographer has solved the mystery of where all the defunct pay phones went.
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Awesome animated GIF of a supercell thunderstorm makes severe weather look mesmerizing
This will make you glad you're looking at your computer screen and not out the window.
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Oyster hatcheries put heartburn meds in the water to fight ocean acidification
Why address climate change when you could just dump Tums in the ocean? Makes perfect sense.
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Your daily heartwarmer: Airbnb homes used for disaster victims
Next time a hurricane strikes, Airbnb wants to connect displaced residents with locals willing to donate housing. Aww.
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First class airline seats have nine times the climate impact of flying coach
It ain't all chocolate waterfalls and massages -- the World Bank finds flying first class uses way more fuel per person than flying coach.
