Who is Cheryl Lashek and why is her name on every elevator in Manitoba?

Urine deflectors, banana substitutes, and seaweed pie. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. May 03, 2019 Manitoba Elevators For the past decade, every elevator in Manitoba, Canada, has been graced by Cheryl Lashek’s name. Eventually, Manitobans started wondering the obvious question: Who is this invisible yet ubiquitous engineer who keeps us safe as we fly up and down in these careening metal boxes? Read More → Urine Deflectors Just off of London’s famous Fleet Street, Clifford's Inn Passage is a shadowy alleyway filled with various bars. In the 19th century, drinkers would drunkenly stagger there for a pee. To prevent urine from corroding the brick walls, deflectors were installed and remain to this day. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Explore Northern India Join us on a 13-day trip this October as we visit towering forts and palaces, explore local villages, and wander centuries-old ruins in Northern India. Along the way, you’ll experience Diwali, cook with an Indian family, and see the sun rise over the Taj Mahal. Learn more→ Banana Substitute During World War II, the Minister of Food, Lord Woolton, ordered a complete ban on the import of bananas in the United Kingdom. To cope, British home cooks made “mock bananas” out of parsnips that were sweetened and flavored with banana essence, and occasionally colored yellow. Read more → Da Vinci’s Hair We may finally be able to confirm the location of Leonardo da Vinci’s final resting place thanks to a lock of hair believed to have come from the Renaissance man’s head. Read more → Gennevilliers, France Grave of Philibert Aspairt Philibert Aspairt was working as a doorkeeper at the Val-de-Grâce military hospital during the French Revolution when he mysteriously went missing in 1793. His disappearance was unsolved for 11 years–until his body was found in the catacombs in 1804. Read more → Food & Drink Seaweed Pie Made from local Irish moss, this pie is only served in Prince Edward Island's potato museum. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222