That's Interesting
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Emergency German banknote designs
22nd October, 2019“During the first world war and the ensuing economic crisis, many German towns issued notgeld, or emergency money, to combat cash shortages. The designs range from local fairytales and legends to political messages.”
Some fantastic designs pictured in this online gallery, especially one issued by the Braunschweig public transport authority in 1921.
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Has Australia Really Had a 28-Year Expansion?
08th October, 2019“This discrepancy between the growth rate of per capita GDP and the growth rate of GDP implies that population growth has been a key factor for Australia’s economic expansion. A rising population increases the size of the economy, and therefore total output increases, which is reflected in the level of GDP.”
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Carting Lane Sewer Lamp
08th October, 2019“By the end of the 19th century, London was trying to shed its reputation as a stinky cesspool.”
“Patented by British engineer Joseph Edmund Webb in the 1890s, the so-called “sewer gas destructor lamps” were designed to extract gases from the pipes and burn them off at high heat.”
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The Atlantic: To Survive in a Wetter World, Raise Ducks, Not Chickens
01st August, 2019“Farmers in Bangladesh are adapting to climate change, and it’s having an impact in faraway places—including on restaurant menus.”
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