Victor Loux Bookmarks Tag: story

23 bookmarks tagged “story

The Squatters of Beverly Hills

curbed.com/article/squatters-rights-california-beverly-hills-los-angeles.html
After a fugitive doctor abandoned his mansion, an enterprising group of party throwers slid in, upending the lives of their wealthy neighbors.

The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps' - BBC Future

bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep
For millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear?

The forgotten medieval fruit with a vulgar name - BBC Future

bbc.com/future/article/20210325-the-strange-medieval-fruit-the-world-forgot
Medieval Europeans were fanatical about a strange fruit that could only be eaten rotten. Then it was forgotten altogether. Why did they love it so much? And why did it disappear?

BBC - Future - The simple words that save lives

bbc.com/future/story/20190919-the-simple-words-that-save-lives
Lessons from “expert talkers” could make all the difference when helping a person in crisis.

BBC - Future - The mysterious origins of an uncrackable video game

bbc.com/future/story/20190919-the-maze-puzzle-hidden-within-an-early-video-game
With the digital equivalent of trowels and shovels, archaeologists are digging into the code of early video games to uncover long forgotten secrets that could have relevance today.

Inside the Crypto World's Biggest Scandal | WIRED

wired.com/story/tezos-blockchain-love-story-horror-story/
One couple thought they held the secret to building a new decentralized utopia. On the way, they plunged into a new kind of hell. A crypto-tragedy in three acts.