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Kaushik Patowary | Amusing Planet | 7th October 2025 Story of Yoshie Shiratori, a legend among escape artists for his four prison breaks in Japan, each more incredible-sounding than the last. After his third recapture and imprisonment, he would spit a little miso soup onto his handcuffs and food slot every day. The salt in the soup slowly corroded the iron until one day, he dislocated his shoulders to squeeze out through the food slot (1,500 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! The Shadowed Archive | 27th September 2025 “The first thing you need to know is that friendship is not natural. Every friend you’ve ever had has wronged you. They drift. They acquire a dog with a complicated gut. They move to a suburb called Something-Heath where the last bus leaves at 9.12. Even the ones who stay close eventually betray you by dying. And if they don’t, you’ll betray them first. This is the contract hidden in the handshake” (3,200 words) Want more? The full Browser recommends five outstanding articles, a video and a podcast daily, for less than $1 a week. Caroline Crampton, Editor-In-Chief; Robert Cottrell, Founding Editor; Kaamya Sharma, Editor; Sylvia Bishop, Assistant Publisher; Jodi Ettenberg, Associate Editor; Uri Bram, CEO & Publisher; Al Breach, Founding Director Editorial comments and letters to the editor: editor@thebrowser.com | Technical issues and support requests: support@thebrowser.com | Or write at any time to the publisher: uri@thebrowser.com Proudly published with Ghost, the fiercely independent website and newsletter platform
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