Everyday objects
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For 30 years, the best engineers in Japan couldn't solve it. They never thought to ask the person who actually cooked rice.Plate 093ElsewhereFumiko Minami / Rice Cooker
1 in 5 condoms you've ever used came from a Malaysian factory. And the company behind it? Started by a family who lost everything.Plate 036MalaysiaKAREX
In 1949, the British army was auctioning off war supplies in Singapore. Everyone walked past the barrels of rotten paint.Plate 021SingaporeGOH CHENG LIANG / Nippon Paint