The story of the 197-year-old frozen gentleman–––a tale that will take us from unprecedented weather events and the 19th century version of misinformation to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, a 1980s medical miracle, and brief shout-out to the OG velocipede. Plus, Austrian Burger King say you’re abnormal if you like meat. And the upcoming live-action Pac-Man movie.

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Links:

• The Hoax That Inspired Mary Shelley (JSTOR Daily)
• Mary Shelley and the Roger Dodsworth Hoax (Keats-Shelley Journal, JSTOR)
• Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman. (University of Pennsylvania)
• Decades Ago, A Woman Survived Being 'Frozen Solid'. Here's The Science (ScienceAlert)
• Mon. 07/27 - The Year Without a Summer (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
• Burger King Austria now Asks Customers, 'Regular or With Meat?' (Ad Week)
• "Normal or With Meat?": All Burger King Items Are Plant-Based in Austrian Experiment, Meat Must be Requested (Vegconomist)
• Cracker Barrel faces blowback after adding Impossible sausage to menu (Washington Post)
• The Italians Finally Chased Domino's Out of Italy (Gizmodo)
• Live-Action Pac-Man Movie in the Works from Wayfarer, Bandai Namco (Exclusive) (Hollywood Reporter)
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