Advent Calendar of Curiosities

December 1, 2019 12:49 PM

The Advent Calendar of Curiosities begins another year.

A selection of curious facts compiled by Sebastian Morr*, now in its ninth year. In English since 2017!

*Pronoun note: en: they; de: any

posted by zamboni (6 comments total)

Wait is the December 2 one real?
posted by Literaryhero at 5:34 PM on December 1, 2019

(apparently so, wow)
posted by Literaryhero at 5:36 PM on December 1, 2019 [1 favorite]

Always delighted to see MeFi posts from Recurse Center alums! It feels like the two communities would have much overlap.
posted by taltalim at 5:56 AM on December 2, 2019

I'm surprised I've never heard of this. I look for online advent calendars (as opposed to ones that you buy and open IRL) and there are fewer of them these days. So, thanks!
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:32 AM on December 2, 2019 [1 favorite]

Can we get real/fake tags for this because even with the apparent wikipedia entry I just don't buy the Dec. 2nd one, and the first one is obviously untrue.
posted by Rufous-headed Towhee heehee at 12:29 AM on December 3, 2019

Can we get real/fake tags for this because even with the apparent wikipedia entry I just don't buy the Dec. 2nd one, and the first one is obviously untrue

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They're both true, as written. Note that the Dec 1 entry does not state that the octopus attack happened, merely that a statue appeared, and that the installer of the statue made some claims about it. Documentary could probably use some quote marks. The DeCSS prime is similarly factual.
posted by zamboni at 2:06 PM on December 3, 2019