Cool Stuff Ride Home

Wed. 09/09 - Modern-Day Willy Wonka Is Giving Away His Candy Factory


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The perfectly sealed 2,500 year old coffins recently discovered in Egypt. How lockdown is making us all socially awkward. The gold ticket competition to win a candy factory, and the Willy Wonka-like figure behind it. And a new strategy New Zealand is trying to help out the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Egyptian Authorities Have Discovered 13 Completely Sealed 2,500-Year-Old Coffins (Science Alert)
  • The Coronavirus Made Us Socially Awkward (NY Times)
  • Jelly Belly's founder has gone full Willy Wonka (A/V Club)
  • Jelly Belly 'founder' golden ticket hunt: Read fine print (Fast Company)
  • The Trials And Tribulations Of The Real Candy Man, The Inventor Of Jelly Bellies (Business Insider)
  • Candyman: The David Klein Story (Amazon Prime Video)   
  • The Gold Ticket
  • Supermarket to trial sign language aisle at checkout (Radio New Zealand)
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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