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The retro versions may read like curios now, but tucked inside is a very modern impulse: making something generous out of what you have.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

Yet he wasn’t tyrannical about the afterlife of these dramatic curios.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

"They are just very charismatic, very playful, very social, very curios and very intelligent and that's why people love them," she said.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

But several scientists and musicians believe it all could have power beyond being mere online curios.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Intrigued by Whiteman’s curios, he asked if he could examine them that winter during his down time.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann