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Myles Karp

Myles Karp

    Myles Karp is a freelance journalist based in Costa Rica. He writes about topics ranging from exotic fruit to forgotten episodes in Latin American history.



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    Emojis that have been added in recent years, from the brown heart (2019), sari (2019), and tuk-tuk (2019), to the woman with a headscarf (2017)

    Why There Are 25 Clock Emojis but No Dosas or Samosas

    Over 10 years since standardized emojis, people are still petitioning for better representation of the cultural objects they hold dear.

    Myles Karp

    Myles Karp

    Poster of mango on porcelain plate, 1968 (Museum Rietberg Zurich, courtesy of Alfreda Murck)

    How Pakistani Mangoes Became Maoist Propaganda

    The regifting of a fruit sparked a political frenzy in a country where they were little-known.

    Myles Karp

    Myles Karp

    Cinnamologus (Museum Meermanno)

    How Fake Cinnamon Came to Rule the World

    Even though empires fought wars to acquire the spice, few people have ever eaten the real thing.

    Myles Karp

    Myles Karp



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