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Newsletter No. 18: 169 in giraffe-years
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LRB letter: ‘Weather-forecasting frogs’
On the unlikely 17th and 18th-century German fashion of keeping tree frogs to forecast the weather.
LRB letter: ‘Ancient Refrigerators’
A possible solution to a well-known conundrum about Ancient Rome.
The power of the anecdote
On the effectiveness of anecdotes and understatement in conveying catastrophic events.
LRB letter: ‘Darwin’s Flatulence’
How Charles Darwin's legendary flatulence wasn't all it's cracked up to be.