Four Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish

09:57

A new type of space explosion: "A supernova-like explosion dubbed the Camel appears to be the result of a newborn black hole eating a star from the inside out." [quantamagazine.org]

Cards Against Malarkey, a 52-card deck featuring ballpoint drawings of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, AOC, Stacey Abrams, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, etc. illustrated by @claire_salvo. [clairesalvo.com]

In 1977, the "world's last lost tourist", bound for San Francisco from Germany, mistakenly got off the plane in Maine. "The rusted green bridge that links Bangor to neighboring Brewer was clearly not the Golden Gate, but Kreuz carried on regardless." [sfgate.com]

How Looney Tunes & Other Classic Cartoons Helped Americans Become Musically Literate. "Who can hear Wagner without wanting to sing at the top of their lungs, 'Kill da wabbit, Kill da wabbit, Kill da wabbit!'" [openculture.com]

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