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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)

    October 27, 2021

    Why There Are 25 Clock Emojis but No Dosas or Samosas

    A decade since the launch of the first set of 722 standardized emojis, people are still petitioning for better representation of the very cultural objects that they hold dear.

    Myles Karp

    Myles Karp

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

    March 8, 2021

    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)

    August 10, 2020

    How Fake Cinnamon Came to Rule the World

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

    Myles Karp

    Myles Karp



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