Weekly Curiosities (April 2nd - April 9th)

 

1. Wordle for Movie Fans

The Wordle for Movie Fans Is Here: Framed Makes You Guess the Film from the Screenshot.

Wordle’s success has spawned numerous comparable web browser games like music fans’ Heardle, NSFW dirty word guessing game Lewdle, and Quordle, which is four Wordle squares playable as once...

2. FIRST DRAFTS OF THE GREATEST OPENING SENTENCES IN LITERATURE

“Life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long.” — On the Road

“We slept in what had once been a Planet Fitness.” — The Handmaid’s Tale

“They used to call him the Good Gatsby, but then…” — The Great Gatsby

3. How Tuberculosis Shaped Victorian Fashion

Preventing the spread of tuberculosis became the impetus for some of the first large-scale American and European public health campaigns, many of which targeted women’s fashions. Doctors began to decry long, trailing skirts as culprits of disease. These skirts, physicians said, were responsible for sweeping up germs on the street and bringing disease into the home.

4. The Next Wave of Precision Health: Smart Toilets?

Researchers and startups alike are building smart toilets that can analyze your excretions, identifying biomarkers that help you stay one stool ahead of prostate problems, metabolic disorders, and cancer.

Using sensors and video cameras to detect factors like flow rate and texture, smart toilets can provide insights even beyond the scope of wearables.