publication date: Monday, February 13, 2017 (part of Winter 2017)

category: Fads

clue: Try to be as relaxed as this Istanbulite and you might never get up again.

explanation: Tombili was a cat in Istanbul who was photographed relaxing on a sidewalk like a human, in a photograph that became a popular meme worldwide. After the cat died, a statue recreating the photograph was installed in the same place. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, and Jesse King


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