The magic box is an apartment designed by Raúl Sánchez architects. The company refurbished the ground floor of an old three-storey family house in Spain. The company redesigned the 110 square meter apartment for a young couple and their two daughters in a unique way, as Designboom details: 

upon entering one can observe the spacious hall made up of a series of planes/partitions. this area showcases the new design language, while also generating openings in the upper part, allowing natural light to brighten the interior. a common kitchen and dining space connects to the outside garden, with lush vegetation, through a longitudinal bench that slides into the window opening. the window itself was placed on the exterior face of the facade plan, turning it invisible from the interior, creating the feeling of being in close contact with the exterior.

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A Siberian tiger has killed a 55-year-old keeper at Zurich’s zoo. The tiger attacked the female keeper inside the big cat enclosure in front of visitors. Horrified, the visitors raised the alarm right after, prompting staff members to rush to her aid. Tragically, the help came too late, as the woman died at the scene. 

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Distilleries have stopped their productions of alcoholic beverages to produce another alcohol that is much more needed in this pressing time. Christmas City Spirits in Bethlehem, Pa., responded to St. Luke’s University Health iNetwork, which faced a shortage of hand sanitizer by producing 27 gallons and giving it to the hospital. The company turned its first batch of rum into a 160-proof cleaning solution, as The Washington Post details: 

Over the next three months, the boutique distillery suspended production of all alcohol and produced approximately 800 gallons of hand sanitizer for organizations, charities and workers risking their lives to combat the virus.

According to the Distilled Spirits Council, 831 distilleries across the nation have made hand sanitizer for local communities. Only one distillery, however, has the distinction of producing it strictly for donation. Not a single one of the 4,000 four-ounce bottles of Christmas City Spirits’ hand sanitizer, aptly named “Corona Bullet,” was sold for profit.

“We just felt like we were doing the right thing at the right time,” said Brett Biggs, one of the distillery’s four co-owners.

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Swedish bed makers Hästens created this very expensive bed called the Vividus. Vividus costs $200,000 (yes, you read that right) and is made from layers of horse-tail hair. Check out this video as Insider inspects the luxurious bed. Would you buy this bed?

Look, we’re halfway through 2020 and we can all admit that this year hasn’t been really great for us. With the rising conflicts around the globe, also with the current pandemic forcing us to stay at home for our safety, news and trends tend to be a bit depressing. It seems that there is one trend that’s happier than most: the comeback of drive-in movie theaters. Vogue has more details: 

the drive-in has returned with a force over the last few months, popping up outside a diner in Astoria, on the waterfront in Greenpoint, and attracting a crush of new patrons in states like Iowa, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, where a few theatres have remained in operation all along. (Over the decades, the format had fallen out of favor for a few different reasons; among them the costs associated with projecting digital film, and the rise of mall culture—which allowed patrons to shop, eat, and catch a movie all in the same place.) Embracing the trend, Tribeca Enterprises announced a new “Tribeca Drive-In” series, rolling out across venues in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, and Arlington, Texas over the next month. (A portion of the programming’s proceeds will go to Black Lives Matter.) “The Tribeca Drive-In series is a tribute to movies and the shared experience of watching them, even if from our cars,” Tribeca Enterprises co-founder Robert DeNiro said in a statement.

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We see dogs lend their talents towards rescue missions and police operations, but did you know that they can also help dig up archaeological artifacts? Archaeologist Vedrana Glavaš from the University of Zadar in Croatia partnered up with dog trainer Andrea Pintar to uncover parts of a 3,000-year-old hill fort and necropolis, as The Atlantic details: 

 She teamed up with dog trainer Andrea Pintar, whose company Canine Caffe offers specialized “cadaver” dogs that have helped sniff out cold cases for police and find mass graves for local officials.

“Some of the police cases Andrea has worked on are 30 years old,” explains Glavaš. “We both wondered how far back in time her dogs could smell.” What they did not expect was that the dogs would lead them to remains that had been buried in the eighth century B.C.

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Lari Tammivuori and Viljami Juutilainen were only expecting to get bottle caps and nails while they were magnetic fishing. What they got was an usual object: an old hand grenade! The boys brought it to Juutilainen's mother, Maarit, to examine the item, as UPI details: 

"It was old-fashioned looking and pretty rusty. I said it could be a grenade. His aunt is a police officer so I sent her a few pictures [of the grenade]. We were given clear instructions to step away from it and wait for police to arrive," Maarit Juutilainen said.

Police cordoned off the area and a Defense Forces team was summoned to take the object away. Officials confirmed it was an explosive device, but did not disclose how old the object was or whether it still was live.

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Donna Porée left her apartment to spend the quarantine with her boyfriend on the other side of town. When she came back to her apartment three months later, she discovered an odd plant growing all over her apartment. Turns out she left behind a bag of potatoes before leaving her apartment, and in the span of three months, the potatoes have grown metre-long pink stalks that spread all over her flat! 

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An odd-looking bird was standing outside Shinjuku Station, catching the attention of passersby and train passengers. The biped stood at the entrance of the station, looking like a shaggy half-bird, half-salaryman. Twitter user @rukikikikiki photographed the bird and posted the photo on the Internet, asking if people knew what type of bird it was, as SoraNews24 details: 

Avian enthusiasts were quick to identify the bird as “mizogoi” in Japanese. In English, mizogoi is commonly known as the Japanese night heron, a species found in East Asia which breeds in Japan — although it’s also been spotted in in Korea and eastern Russia — and spends its winters in Indonesia and the Philippines.

The bird is rarely seen in downtown Tokyo, if at all, as it prefers to live in a dense, damp, forest-like habitat. Furthermore, the Japanese night heron is listed as an endangered species, making the reason for its appearance outside Shinjuku Station even more of a mystery.

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Man, I wish I could pose as fast as she does and have my photos look as equally great! This model from eastern China can strike two poses a second. She also models a whopping 485 outfits a day. Now that’s skill!

A Twitter user shared a photo of a plushie hanging from the car, easily stained and drenched from travel. The plushie, a character from the anime series Madoka Magica, looks cute as hell, so for the first time I saw the picture, I asked myself, “why would the owner do that?” Scrolling through the comments, I see some people say that the plushie got what it deserved. Do you think so? 

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Actress and comedian Kristina Wong formed a team of volunteers to make masks during the pandemic. Wong launched a Facebook group called the “Auntie Sewing Squad.” The squad has more than 800 members, and they have distributed more than 55,000 masks to communities in need. CNN has more details: 

Wong is proud of the group. But she is also frustrated.

"I do refer to our group as a 'sweatshop' because I don't want to romanticize it. While we are enjoying each other's company in this very strange time in history, we shouldn't have to be doing this work. This is absolutely the government's job. We should not have had to turn our homes upside down into sweatshops and pull the sheets off our beds to make masks."

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A group of people riding on their boat spotted a bear struggling to get a plastic container off its head. Watch how these people were able to help the bear remove the container with precision and care! They did it on the spot too! 

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Back when playthroughs and guides for games weren’t available on the Internet, people would seek guidance from a friend, sibling, or a manual of the game. If you didn’t have a knowledgeable person to consult or a manual, you can get stuck in a dungeon or level for days. The Legend of Zelda for the NES is a game that is full of cryptic puzzles and riddles that can take you a while to figure out. Philip Summers is an artist who is known for sketching his own walkthroughs for classic games like the first Legend of Zelda game: 

True to its name, every single sketch of Link, every item, enemy, and map is hand-drawn and every string of words is handwritten. Philip's drawings and words give new life to the game and the land that encompasses it. To be able to see it through this new lens is a pretty magical experience.

The first few pages cover the characters, enemies, items, and a brief rundown on how to play the game. The rest of the guide then covers the overworld and its dungeons. Each dungeon spread features a map of the dungeon and shows off a few of the monsters you’ll find, along with an extremely detailed sketch of the dungeon boss. Seeing these originally 8-bit bosses in this sorta detail is really something to behold. Each dungeon section is also bridged together with story segments and tips on where you or Link should travel next. At times it feels like you’re reading a storybook, the way that Philip has managed to connect together the sections of the game. The book also comes with a useful fold-out map of Hyrule, complete with a key on the side detailing locations, heart containers, and other secrets.

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If you’re an avid collector of vinyl records (I understand, they do look aesthetically pleasing,) and CDs, there are some rules on how to keep your wonderful collection in excellent condition for a long time. One of these rules is proper storage. Don’t store your records in a room with a lot of moisture and smoke! In addition, make sure that you store your collection in a proper location. Rolling Stone has a list of proper storage options for these media that are functional and aesthetically pleasing. Check out their list here.

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