24: Quicksand, The Girl with a Pearl Earring, Fosbury Flop, Toilegami

28/07/2025 26 min

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Whatever happened to death by quicksand? For a while there the culture was obsessed with quicksand, but it’s gone off the boil. We will explore. 📍 Once you look at Girl with a Pearl Earring, you can't take your eyes off her. There a reason for that, and it has much to do with brain science. 📍 Who was Fosbury … and what’s the Fosbury Flop? 📍 And finally in this episode, we introduce you to the concept of toilegami. It’s what happens when a roll of toilet paper meets a creative human being. We’ll explain how it answers the age-old roll-fold-over or roll-fold-under question, once and for all.About REMORANDOMREMORANDOM is a printed biannual book series that celebrates Uncommon knowledge and everything interesting.Browse and order REMORANDOM books and/or subscribe to the series via the REMORANDOM.com website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Subscribe to this companion “REMORANDOM” podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts … or watch in video format HERE on Spotify, HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠ on YouTube or HERE on Substack.About REMOREMO was founded as a General Store in Sydney in 1988, and was famous for its mail order catalogues. Those catalogues were the inspiration for REMORANDOM, but this new leg of the REMO journey is not so much about selling THINGS, as it is about telling STORIES … in celebration of what’s interesting. Inspiring curious minds.More about REMO Since 1988 ⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠You can contact REMO via the website ⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠CreditsREMORANDOM is produced and published by REMO Since 1988. Podcast co-hosts: Remo Giuffré & Claudia Chan ShawOriginal REMORANDOM theme usic by Tom Thum … using only his voice. Watch his 2013 TEDxSydney talk HERECopyright © EOLO Pty Limited. All rights reserved.

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