Linkdump #106

This is the largest free kitchen in the world. Open 24 hours, year round, this food hall feeds 100,000 people for free each day: https://tinyurl.com/ezhff5wy

A delightful animated lesson about the infamous Double Slit Experiment: https://tinyurl.com/4uevzt2u

When a multimillionaire offers a massive reward for her missing cat, searchers race each other across a ritzy island filled with mysteries: https://tinyurl.com/9zpe8jzm

Barbara Daniels creates masterfully creepy and disturbing illustrations that imagine what our world look like if the roles of humans and animals were reversed, and we were dominated and abused by other species (C/W Some illustrations feature images of nudity, torture, death): https://tinyurl.com/a5f8arfm

A moving poem about Gaza, by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: https://tinyurl.com/h6pbh4rd

The Dive Motel in Nashville offers 23 unique, specially designed rooms for folks who love that retro-party feel: https://tinyurl.com/yns74umt

A surprisingly interesting video about one species of small fish and how drastically it impacts our world: https://tinyurl.com/3nea2c4n

It’s kind of amazing how flexible ships are. Of course they need to be or else they’d break apart, but it’s still kind of a trip to see it in action (Warning – video includes very loud rock music): https://tinyurl.com/3bs23mvb

Revisualizer is a fun little online music toy that lets you create sounds with your keyboard and drag elements around the screen: https://tinyurl.com/y6rxfe9r

A list of odd and interesting lists: https://tinyurl.com/weet4hs

Lights At Sea is an interactive map which shows the location of lighthouses around the world. The map uses different colored flashing markers to show the light characteristics of each lighthouse shown on the map: https://tinyurl.com/yy98ec

Crumbling archaeological sites of southern Iraq – in pictures: https://tinyurl.com/yh9kwrsw

If spending hours watching drain unclogging videos sounds fun to you, I found the perfect YouTube channel (the tree roots are my favorite): https://tinyurl.com/28a9dkfk

What happens when you try to take a break at an animal rescue: https://tinyurl.com/7fuv6nvm

A vapor cone, also known as shock collar or shock egg, is a visible cloud of condensed water which can sometimes form around an object moving at high speed through moist air, for example an aircraft flying at transonic speeds: https://tinyurl.com/3v4r28xm

A rather interesting Tumblr dedicated to “Problematic ships”: https://tinyurl.com/jztrx5a8

For the Tintin fans, an alphabetized list of Captain Haddock’s curses: https://tinyurl.com/w7d3jzch

Romain Laurent is a photographer, director, and motion artist who crafts a wide range of fantastic videos and gifs: https://tinyurl.com/4nmzx5sn

Our Forests is a time-lapse video from Google Earth, showing the severity of deforestation in some parts of the world: https://tinyurl.com/sy5ac734

“Who wants to torment Americans with English place name pronunciations?”: https://tinyurl.com/ju344rfa

Architect Federico Babina imagines how famous artists might have designed a home: https://tinyurl.com/ezx536tt

Behind Closed Doors is a YouTube channel offering video tours of buildings you typically wouldn’t have a chance to look inside of: https://tinyurl.com/btrufvv2

“Whether pitched up, down, or at the wrong rpm entirely, sometimes the wrong speed on a turntable can completely transform a song”: https://tinyurl.com/3tf4uyde

The Covid Art Museum features art from around the world, created during COVID lockdowns: https://covidartmuseum.com/

Making some dubstep in the chemistry lab: https://tinyurl.com/e35s7y4f

A website about the ancient monuments of Ireland, and the history and folklore that surround them: https://tinyurl.com/34synhrf

I assume most people are familiar with the horrific experiences of the POWs immortalized by the film The Bridge on the River Kwai, but many may not know that one of those prisoners was an avid archaeologist: https://tinyurl.com/rnjzsk6w

Turning toast into fine art: https://tinyurl.com/9wnbh6yk

The Kit is a selection of guides and resources designed to help people undertake online research and investigative journalism, and contains all sorts of tips and links to useful tools which will help you uncover links and connections between people and entities online: https://tinyurl.com/jnjmspaa

Having trouble finding something to watch on your streaming service? Movie of the Night is a smart service that helps you find stuff to watch through a decent search engine – pick your country, your genre preferences, your desired era of release, and it will find stuff for you available to stream in your country on the main platforms available: https://tinyurl.com/paa5xwbc

An Instagram account dedicated to the weird and random listings you can find in the depth of Wikipedia: https://tinyurl.com/exthc6fw

Revealing the lost colors of ancient Mesopotamian sculptures: https://tinyurl.com/yh4427w7

Ememem is an inventive artist who fills potholes in his home city Lyon, France with beautiful mosaics to brighten the days of anyone who spots them: https://tinyurl.com/rekamfu7

Walrus can make a surprising range of sounds. Some sounds may be a bit less…….enchanting than others: https://tinyurl.com/26s2v9ms

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