

An 1884 notebook in which Mark Twain, “toying with the notion of a physician trying to write a play,” experimented with several hilarious character names.
One of Leonardo da Vinci’s many notebooks, this one diagramming a potter’s wheel, c. 1508-1509.
A page from Albert Einstein’s “Travel Diary to the U.S.A.”
Thomas Edison’s to-do list, 1888.
If we change the way we think about honor, could we make the world a better place?

Italy (basil pasta and tomatoes)

Brazil (banana leaf limes pineapple and passion fruit)

China (pittaya/dragonfruit and starfruit)

Greece (kalamata olives and feta cheese)

India (curries rice and a pappadum wafer

Indonesia (spicy curry and rice)

Japan (tuna and rice)

Lebanon (lavash fattoush and a herb sprig)

South Korea (kimbap and sauces)

Australia (meat pie)

Spain (chorizo and rice)

Switzerland (charcuteries and emmental)
Rice fields (the Jyapu of Nepal), National Geographic, July 1987
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