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Tue. 07/13 - A Cache of Metal Type Found in Korea


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Archeologists dig up a massive cache of 15th century metal printing type in South Korea, a baby beaver is born in Exmoor, what if ice cream but also macaroni and cheese, a video-game breaks records and may indicate a sales bubble, and Nic Cage’s Pig: probably good?

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    Earliest Hangeul metal movable type blocks excavated in Seoul (Korea Times)
  • Goryeo Metal Type (918–1392 era) (National Museum of Korea)
  • Seoul lifts development ban on Insa-dong (Korea Herald)
  • Want to know about Hangeul? (National Institute of Korean Language)
  • Baby beaver born on Exmoor for first time in 400 years (The Guardian)
  • First baby beaver born on Exmoor in 400 years (BBC News)
  • ‘Drivers of change’: beavers released on National Trust land to ease flooding risk (The Guardian)
  • Van Leeuwen and Kraft debut mac and cheese-flavored ice cream (New York Post)
  • Sealed Mario 64’s Record-Breaking $1.5M Sale Has Retro Experts Skeptical
  • Ultra-Rare Zelda Cart Fetching 6 Digits Before Auction Even Begins (Update: Sold For $870,000) (Kotaku)
  • Kelsey Lewin on Super Mario 64 sale (Twitter)
  • Pat Contri on Super Mario 64 sale (Twitter)
  • Nicolas Cage on his legacy, his philosophy of acting and his metaphorical — and literal — search for the Holy Grail. (Hollywood Reporter)
  • Pig is so much richer and stranger than the Nicolas Cage revenge thriller it appears to be (AV Club)
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  • The Tiny Type Museum & Time Capsule
  • Glenn’s type artifact photos (Flickr)

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