11: Thumb Wrestling, Nosey Bob, Urinal Flies, The Rotor

📍 The American writer Norman Mailer was said to be passionate about, of all things, thumb wrestling. In fact, it was his favourite sport. Who invented it?  📍 Who was Nosey Bob and what was his very unpopular job?   📍 What's so unusual about the men's room urinals at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam?📍 And  finally, in this episode, what amusement park attraction designed in  1948 by German engineer Ernst Walter Hofmeister featured in the Australian film Candy?About REMORANDOMREMORANDOM is a printed biannual book series that celebrates Everything Interesting.Browse and order REMORANDOM books and/or subscribe to the series via the REMORANDOM.com website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Subscribe to this companion “REMORANDOM” podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts … or watch in video format HERE on Spotify or ⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠ on YouTube.About REMOREMO was founded as a General Store in Sydney in 1988, and was famous for its mail order catalogues. Those catalogues were the inspiration for REMORANDOM, but this new leg of the REMO journey is not so much about selling THINGS, as it is about telling STORIES … in celebration of what’s interesting. Inspiring curious minds.More about REMO Since 1988 ⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠You can contact REMO via the website ⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠CreditsREMORANDOM is produced and published by REMO Since 1988. Podcast co-hosts: Remo Giuffré & Claudia Chan ShawOriginal REMORANDOM theme usic by Tom Thum … using only his voice. Watch his 2013 TEDxSydney talk HERECopyright © EOLO Pty Limited. All rights reserved.