Mon. 09/27 - 900 Year Old Cosmic Mystery: Officially Solved

<p><strong><em>How 19th century New Yorkers took advantage of a loophole in the strict drinking laws and ended up creating the world’s worst sandwich. Plus, a supernova that’s been missing since the twelfth century has been found! And how a young woman on Tiktok accidentally caused havoc to thousands of scientific studies.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>NetSuite, <a href="http://netsuite.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">netsuite.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/raines-sandwich" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">To Evade Pre-Prohibition Drinking Laws, New Yorkers Created the World's Worst Sandwich</a> (Atlas Obscura)</li><li><a href="https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-900-year-old-mystery-of-the-missing-supernova-has-finally-been-solved" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A supernova missing since 1181 AD has finally been found</a> (Syfy)</li><li><a href="https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/astronomers-solve-900-year-old-cosmic-mystery-surrounding-chinese-supernova-of-1181ad/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Astronomers solve 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding Chinese supernova of 1181AD</a> (University of Manchester)</li><li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/24/22688278/tiktok-science-study-survey-prolific" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A teenager on TikTok disrupted thousands of scientific studies with a single video</a> (The Verge)</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/great-british-bake-off-has-different-name-in-america-trademark-2020-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'Great British Bake Off' Goes by Different Name in US Due to Trademark</a> (Insider)</li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kottke.Org</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackson Bird on Twitter</a></li></ul><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopene