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Thu. 09/02 - What Is Grimace & Why Are Hyperlinks Blue?

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Why are hyperlinks blue? You ever think about that before? Plus, a look at the tech behind the wheelchairs and prostheses used by Paralympians. And what the heck is Grimace, the big purple McDonald’s mascot? A manager at a Canadian McDonald’s dropped a bombshell on the internet, but is he correct?

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Why are hyperlinks blue? (Mozilla Distilled)
  • How Paralympic Wheelchairs and Prostheses Are Optimized for Speed and Performance (Scientific American)
  • Specialized Sports Chairs and the People Who Use Them (New Mobility)
  • Para sport explained: Wheelchairs in wheelchair sports (International Paralympic Committee)
  • Award-winning manager opens up about life at McDonald's during pandemic (CBC)
  • McDonald's manager explains that Grimace is "a taste bud" (Boing Boing)
  • Is Grimace a taste bud? One McDonald's manager says yes (The Takeout)
  • "Grimace is the embodiment of a milkshake" (McDonald’s Corporate, Twitter)
  • Archivist weighs in (McDonald’s Corporate, Twitter)
  • What the hell is McDonald's Grimace? (Mashable)
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  • Jackson Bird on Twitter

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