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Have you ever wondered what an army of crabs would be good for? Community member Hypatia created a post about why scientists will unleash said army off the coast of the USA state of Florida.

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Mefi has a friendly neighborhood HVAC guy! Member HVACDC_Bag gives an in-depth, interesting answer to Tehhund's question about Choosing a HVAC system and installer

duck confit with vegetable (photo from Canva) Community member 'drewbage1847' shows folks in the Northern hemisphere how to prepare for winter meals with recipes of the French technique of "confit".

Photo by Quino Al on Unsplash

Dialing in on the phone on Mefi: JanetLand posted WaPo's guide to modern phone etiquette, while in Ask Metafiler, Rash wants to know why you hold your phone like that, and niicholas is looking for songs with land-line telephone sounds ☎

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Mefites are discussing Vanity Fair's list of 31 feel-good movies to boost your mood.

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In Ask Metafilter, darchildre is looking for locked room mysteries in any medium

All done by Kit4na (cc by)

Literaryhero posted a story about plumbing and people, and a man called Fran by John Jeremiah Sullivan, and it's a great plunge into life, the loo, and everything.

Kat Allison shared a post about the 40 Best Stand-Alone TV Episodes (Slate) and reactions to it are great. Check out the various and wide ranging alternate suggestions in the comments!

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Come take a moment or more with the collaborative post created by brainwane and JHarris about the online poetry magazine called Light.

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"My absolute favorite genre of museum/attraction is 'eccentric rich person’s oddly sorted collection of items related to their special interest(s).'" ActionPopulated asks where to scratch this itch.

antarctica research base by ▓▒░ TORLEY ░▒▓ (cc by-sa)

Mefi member chariot pulled by cassowaries posted How Scientists Working in Antarctica Inadvertently Developed a New Accent. A 2019 study of scientists over-wintering in Antarctica revealed subtle but measurable changes in the participants’ speech.

Photo by Christina Branco on Unsplash

drewbage1847 has a great post all about honey, delightfully drizzled with interesting recipes. Sweet!

Screenshot showing animators Yuri Norstein and Francheska Yarbusova

"The Animators Who've Spent 40 Years on a Single Film": Rufous-headed Towhee heehee posts about the beautiful, unfinished stop-motion film that has taken the record for longest animation production of all time. (and trig links to the fantastic "Hedgehog in the Fog" by the same duo in the comments)

There's a absolutely fantastic post from user 'dhruva', about photographer Fyodor Savintsev and his gorgeous photos of dachas, the Russian wooden houses built in the woods or countryside.

What do you do when Case stopped manufacturing your favourite tractor 110 years ago and none are available on the used market? If you are Kory Anderson you start a foundry so you can build, with help from your friends, a brand new Case 150 steam road tractor.