Ask A Genius 931: Italian Micromosaics in “Bloaty” Los Angeles

[Recording Start]  Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Did these mosaics start in Italy? Rick Rosner: Yes, it started in the 1500s because the Pope noticed that tourists in the Vatican. All of their breath was fucking up the frescas. It was making the walls moist. The frescas were falling apart. He commissioned artisans to replace many frescas …

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Ask A Genius 930: Supplements, Heartburn, Twitter

[Recording Start]  Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What about these randomized supplements? Rick Rosner: I take a bunch of vitamins. I’ve put them in various places to remind me that I need to re-order them, or that’s where they end up, and I don’t clean them out: Heartburn pills. Jacobsen: Do you get heartburn?  Rosner: Every once in a while, I’ve …

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