☀️ Awesome Things 203: Love Boat, Cozy Video Games, Psychedelic Military Music, Turkey's Lost Underground City, Rotten Movies
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On to this week’s Awesome Things:
‘The Love Boat’: How a TV show transformed the cruise industry
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New research backs up what gamers have thought for years: video games can be an antidote to stress and anxiety.
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So, How Many Pasta Shapes Are There?
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Inside Turkey’s Mysterious Ancient City That Once Sheltered Thousands—Underground
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Music of the Psychedelic Military State
This mixtape features (mostly) Sundanese psychedelic pop music recorded during the 1970s when the Suharto military dictatorship ruled Indonesia.
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A visit to dog college
From disaster response to disease detection, these canines choose their own career paths.
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I watched Rotten Tomatoes’ 40 lowest-rated films to find out which was worst
Brave Guardian victim writer sits through the film site’s 0%ers to see what makes a bad movie. Will she emerge with her sanity intact – and are all these flops really so bad?
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Leftovers
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✅ Bizarre Russian Wedding photos
✅ This amazing drone house tour
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