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The World According to Physics by Jim Al-Khalili

app.thestorygraph.com/books/a2eb32ae-e64b-47e8-ad19-864897254b73
Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascin...

A Study in Milk

yle.fi/a/3-5315095
As the joke goes, foreigners can feel truly at home in Finland once they have contracted local ailments and allergies, such as lactose intolerance. Dispelling the myth, facts indicate that foreigners do not develop lactose intolerance in Finland as much as discover it.

If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double check the time - The World from PRX

api.theworld.org/stories/2015/01/30/ethiopian-time
There are lots of places around the world that use particular calendars — i.e. Hebrew, Islamic — but few places use their own clock. Ethiopia does, and knowing what time it is can be a real challenge.