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• Nostalgia: Japanese Rounded-Corner Windows
• The Benefits Of Fishing
• The Windy History of Penny Lane: The Beatles, the Slave Trade and a Now-Resolved Controversy

Nostalgia: Japanese Rounded-Corner Windows Posted: 23 Jun 2020 10:15 PM PDT Some windows don't have any appeal to them. The same cannot be said to these rounded-corner windows that can be found across the streets of Japan. I don't know why but these windows really do evoke a feeling of nostalgia and peace, and are also kind of hypnotic. Maybe it's their color, or maybe their shape. I don't know. The windows themselves have so much character but the interplay between window and facade is also enjoyable. Some are so unique that they almost seem to tell a story. Check out the photos of these Japanese windows over at Spoon & Tamago. (Image Credit: hikarudon12/ Spoon & Tamago)

The Benefits Of Fishing Posted: 23 Jun 2020 02:02 PM PDT Setting up a good sitting place and throwing a fishing line into a body of water can lower stress, make you smarter, and lift your mood. Some say that a bad day fishing is better than a good day at the office. Fishing is a simple, calming activity that can make you temporarily escape the woes of life. Outside lists how fishing can make you feel better here.  image via Outside

The Windy History of Penny Lane: The Beatles, the Slave Trade and a Now-Resolved Controversy Posted: 23 Jun 2020 08:20 AM PDT Embed from Getty Images Several of the streets in Liverpool, England, were named after slave traders. The city contemplated renaming them, including Penny Lane, the inspiration for the Beatles song. There have been rumors for a long time that the street was named after 1700s slave trader James Penny. Beatles fans want to save the name, attesting that the cultural significance of the name comes from the song. A group of historians have been looking into the origin of the street's name for ten years. Pressure mounted to change Penny Lane's name when Stephen Guy, a press officer for National Museums, Liverpool, suggested that it was named after the slave trader when discussing the upcoming opening of Liverpool's International Slavery Museum. In a later press release he wrote: "I confess to helping to raise awareness about the sinister origins of perhaps Liverpool's best-known thoroughfare. Penny Lane — immortalized by the Beatles' song — is probably named after notorious slave trader James Penny. Like other byways named after people, Penny or his family either owned land in the area or had strong associations with it." (Guy did not respond to Rolling Stone's request for comment.) The reaction from Beatles fans and historians was decidedly negative — due both to the area's significance to John, Paul, Ringo and George and also the dearth of evidence that the lane was associated with the slave trade. David Bedford, author of Liddypool: Birthplace of the Beatles and Liverpool resident, is quick to interject when the media discuss the possible link. Having done extensive research on the area and its famous former residents, he extolls the significance of Penny Lane. While the exact origin of the name Penny Lane is still a mystery, the history of the road shows evidence that it was not named for James Penny after all. Read what we know about it at Rolling Stone. -via Damn Interesting

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