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The history of Quality Street is the perfect Christmas trivia to wow the relatives with. Merry Christmas!
We all know Quality Street chocolates. They are a core part of any British Christmas, especially moaning on about the price of them as compared to the amount of chocolate. But do you know why they are called Quality Street? pic.twitter.com/RctGC9DdZR
— itsallaboutcake (@Itsallaboutcake) December 23, 2021
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Tom Whitwell is back this year with another great list of 52 things he learned in 2021, like 105 of U.S. electricity is generated from old Russian nuclear warheads, and your memory resets when you walk through a door.
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Kone, the lift (elevator) company published some nice datavis graphs showing a drop in lift use by 80% in the top 10 European cities during the initial pandemic period of February to April 2020. The graphs also show a 134%+ bounce-back for London in 2021, and 300%+ in Chicago.
Researchers in Kyoto University in Japan have demonstrated how the magnetic field generated by the conductive waves of a tsunami arrives about a minute before the waves themselves, and can be used as an early warning sign and a means to predict the height of the wave.
Image: Enda Phelan
Do you know your Dog Fooding from your Yak Shaving? If not, check out Enda Phelan's summary of the top software development idioms.
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Information Is Beautiful put together a great list of the best good news stories from 2021!
Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
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