Wed. 09/09 - Modern-Day Willy Wonka Is Giving Away His Candy Factory
The perfectly sealed 2,500 year old coffins recently discovered in Egypt. How lockdown is making us all socially awkward. The gold ticket competition to win a candy factory, and the Willy Wonka-like figure behind it. And a new strategy New Zealand is...
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The perfectly sealed 2,500 year old coffins recently discovered in Egypt. How lockdown is making us all socially awkward. The gold ticket competition to win a candy factory, and the Willy Wonka-like figure behind it. And a new strategy New Zealand is trying to help out the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Links:
- Egyptian Authorities Have Discovered 13 Completely Sealed 2,500-Year-Old Coffins (Science Alert)
- The Coronavirus Made Us Socially Awkward (NY Times)
- Jelly Belly's founder has gone full Willy Wonka (A/V Club)
- Jelly Belly 'founder' golden ticket hunt: Read fine print (Fast Company)
- The Trials And Tribulations Of The Real Candy Man, The Inventor Of Jelly Bellies (Business Insider)
- Candyman: The David Klein Story (Amazon Prime Video)
- The Gold Ticket
- Supermarket to trial sign language aisle at checkout (Radio New Zealand)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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