Happy Friyay Sebastian,

Hope you've had a wonderful week, and with the World Cup kicking off last night, attention spans everywhere are about to get shorter, so consider this your half-time reading.

In this edition we cover what it feels like to work with Mythos, the world's first wind-powered underwater datacentre, Ben & Jerry's graveyard of dead ice cream flavours, and more.

So grab a cuppa and enjoy.

As always, big love,

Chris and the 42courses team x

P.S. This month we celebrate 10 years of 42courses, so if you're thinking of getting a course or a membership, use the code 4224 at checkout for a lovely surprise.

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Graveyard · Behind the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont lies a graveyard of retired flavours.

Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies · How a pack of cards is the secret to this producer putting the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay at the top of the charts.

World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Datacentre · A groundbreaking commercial project that moves data processing under the sea to keep it naturally cool using offshore wind energy.

Britney Spears' Toxic Played By Eight Electronic Devices · An incredibly creative cover of the hit song performed entirely by household appliances, including an epilator and credit card terminals.

Why You're Exercising Incorrectly · A brilliant video from Bryan Johnson, the guy on a mission to extend life.

What It Feels Like To Work With Mythos · Ethan Mollick test-drives the newest AI model and catches a glimpse of what work might soon become. A short read that will sharpen your thinking.

How To Spot If Someone Is Drowning · Drowning doesn't look like drowning. Here is a helpful article to help you spot it before it's too late.

1817 · Baron Karl von Drais takes the first ever ride on his two-wheeled "running machine", the great-grandfather of the bicycle, covering 7km and outpacing the stagecoach 🚲

1849 · Lewis Haslett of Kentucky patents his "Inhaler or Lung Protector", the first gas mask ever patented in America 😷

1897 · Carl Elsener patents the Swiss officer's knife, complete with corkscrew, which the world comes to know as the Swiss Army knife 🇨🇭

1942 · Anne Frank is given a red-checked diary for her 13th birthday, which would become one of the most widely read first-hand accounts of the Holocaust 📔

1962 · Guards at Alcatraz discover three inmates have vanished overnight, having fooled the night watch with papier-mâché dummy heads topped with real barbershop hair 🌊

1963 · Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor, premieres in New York, having cost so much to make it nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox 👑

1979 · Cyclist Bryan Allen pedals the featherweight Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel, the first human-powered flight from England to France 🚴

1981 · Raiders of the Lost Ark whips into cinemas and introduces the world to Indiana Jones 🤠

1994 · The Boeing 777 makes its maiden flight, the longest first flight of any Boeing airliner at nearly four hours 🛫

2009 · America switches off analogue television for good, ending seventy-odd years of fuzzy rabbit-ear telly 📺