5 THINGS WORTH KNOWING / 14 October 2026

Little Discoveries

Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words. 5 discoveries in this edition.

Wagenfeld: a lamp that looks like a small geometry lesson

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A disc, a cylinder and a dome: the Bauhaus lamp shows how to read an object beyond its silhouette.

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A familiar quotation changes when its neighbouring lines return: faith, first principles and reasoning in Pascal’s Pensées.

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Its glossy leaflets belong to compound leaves; underground rhizomes help this plant cope with dry periods.

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Uranus’s extreme tilt creates remarkable seasons, but does not leave the entire planet in darkness for decades.

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From Latin fascicŭlus to a file of papers: the history of fascicolo reveals an idea of gathering things together.

Original writing and illustrations made with AI assistance. Each discovery includes its sources. Our editorial method