Tue. 06/23 - Get Ready To Go To Flavortown, Ohio
A pet robot that’s helping cure COVID-19 loneliness. If you thought the fireworks going off every night in your town was bad, let me tell you about a city in France that has set them off every single day for 150 years. Jurassic Park was #1 in the US...
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A pet robot that’s helping cure COVID-19 loneliness. If you thought the fireworks going off every night in your town was bad, let me tell you about a city in France that has set them off every single day for 150 years. Jurassic Park was #1 in the US box offices this past weekend. Like, the original Jurassic Park. From 1993. And are you ready to go to Flavortown, Ohio?
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Links:
- There's No Cure for Covid-19 Loneliness, but Robots Can Help (Wired)
- The French City Where a Midday Firework Marks the Start of Lunch (Atlas Obscura)
- Why are there fireworks every night, explained (Vox)
- ‘Jurassic Park’ Roars To No. 1 Again At Weekend Box Office, 27 Years After Original Release (Deadline)
- People are petitioning for Columbus, Ohio to be renamed 'Flavortown' (Mashable)
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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