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May 27 5 tweets 3 min read
Love this clip of a pre-famous 26-year old Gordon Ramsay listening, taking orders and learning from a more experienced chef.

Paying his dues:
Here’s Ramsay a few years later serving the same dish he learned (lobster ravioli) to Anthony Bourdain at his restaurant
Gordon learning from Marco Pierre-White (who is only 4 years his senior):

Anthony Bourdain clip when Ramsay is considered “best chef in London”:

(PS. The first comment from the “Gordon learning” vid is amazing)
Gordon Ramsay memes are out of control
Found another early @GordonRamsay clip: his insult skills are not as sharp yet

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May 28
Flooding is an existential threat for Venice.

In the mid-1980s, the government initiated a plan to create a mobile dam to save the city.

After nearly 4 decades and $8B, the dam system — an engineering marvel called MOSE — is active and working (so far).

Here’s the story🧵 Image
What is MOSE?

It’s a system of 78 metal barriers (20-30m long x 20m wide) built to block high tides from the shallow Venetian lagoon, which has an avg. depth of 1m (~3ft).

The English translation for MOSE (which alludes to Moses+Red Sea) is Experimental Electromechanical Model. ImageImageImageImage
The barriers are placed at 3 points where water from the Adriatic Sea enters the Venetian Lagoon.

Two points are on Lido Island, an 11km sandbar that has historically protected Venice (the southern tip is Malamocco). The third is Chioggia, a fishing town at south of the lagoon. Image
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May 23
In November 2012, Mark Zuckerberg sent a cold email (below) to Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel.

Not long after, Facebook offered to buy Snap for $3B. Spiegel turned it down and — today — Snap is worth $25B+.

LESSON: Never accept offers from strangers on the internet. Image
For more hard-hitting business history, check out my Saturday email: trungtphan.com/subscribe/

(Side note: Spiegel may be reconsidering that Zuck offer after Snap’s 30% after hours drop today) Image
More on that email exchange here

🔗 businessinsider.com/evan-spiegel-a… Image
Read 4 tweets
May 21
Citicorp Center was built in 1977.

Located in NY, it was the world's 7th tallest building but had a big structural flaw: a very strong storm wind could knock it over.

The expert architects had no idea, until an anonymous Princeton undergrad cold called them.

Here’s the story🧵
Today, the 59-story structure is called 601 Lexington Avenue.

The tower was originally built to house Citibank's headquarters and construction ran from 1974 to 1977 (it cost $175m and was later called Citigroup Center).

The 45-degree roof is a stand out in Manhattan's skyline.
The Citicorp engineering flaw starts at the base: the first 9 floors are built on stilts.

Why? St. Peter's Lutheran Church sits on the corner of the lot. The church refused to leave but agreed to renovations.

So architects used stilts to build Citi over a newly designed church.
Read 18 tweets
May 18
we will never financially recover from this Image
Blame @JohnWRichKid for this. Either way, its incredible how much money this hot dog vendor makes:
Read 4 tweets
May 4
You've def heard of "The Hero's Journey", the narrative structure dating back to Homer's Odyssey in 7th ce BC.

A great way to learn the framework is comparing scene-by-scene images from 2 classic films of the story type: Star Wars + The Matrix. #MayThe4th

Here's a breakdown🧵 Image
0/ The "Hero's Journey" was coined by Joseph Campbell, an American literary prof.

He studied ancient myths and found many shared a similar character arc (AKA the "monomyth").

It follows 12 stages, with a hero venturing from an "ordinary world" to a "special world" and back. Image
1/ Ordinary world

The hero's normal life before the adventure begins:

◻️ Luke Skywalker lives on a farm in Tatooine
◻️ Neo is a corporate slave in The Matrix Image
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May 3
of course they wood
Home Depot VC really nailed the first few investments pymnts.com/news/retail/20…
“asking for help in a Home Depot”

(h/t @WBMason)
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