The penchant of sleepwalkers for high and often dangerous places was noisily demonstrated in 1932 when Joseph Furst, a member of the municipal band at Hettstadt, Germany, promenaded at night on the roof of his home, rehearsing brassily til the neighborhood protested. Though totally unaware of his situation, he came […]
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Fractional or postage currency has a rich history. At the beginning of the Civil War people starting hoarding coins for their precious metal content. Coins became difficult to find because of the hoarding. People started to try to use stamps instead of coins as a means of commerce. The government […]
Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, is best known as the woman for whom King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936, so he could marry her. But she was also an inventor, though not a very prolific one. In 1940, she invented “trench mittens” that could be unzipped to […]
The home page. Harvested from free-roaming snails under controlled conditions, this moisturising, soothing ingredient combines the unique properties of Helix Aspersa Muller with organic Aloe vera and a blend of bioactive plant ingredients. This secretion is produced from snails that are farmed humanely and are free to roam. On their […]
Gucci is selling an “Eco washed organic denim overall” that comes with a “stained-like, distressed effect.” AKA fake grass stains. Yours for only $1400. Or you could get this Orange Tartan Cotton Long Smock Shirt. Only $2600! Source link
There’s an old urban legend, which folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand refers to as ‘The Accidental Cannibals,’ about people who accidentally eat the cremated remains of a loved one: the story circulated about how postwar food packages from the United States led to a gruesome confusion. When one package arrived containing […]
The more things change, the more they stay the same… Revolt of the Beavers was a children’s play put on by the Federal Theater Project by Oscar Saul and Louis Lantz. One critic described the play as “Marxism a la Mother Goose”.[1] The show ran at the Adelphi Theatre in […]
Following the 1973 release of The Exorcist, six people who saw it had to be admitted to a Chicago hospital “straight from the theater.” Psychiatrist James Bozzuto examined four of them and concluded they were suffering from “cinematic neurosis” — a term he coined. Basically, this was neurosis caused by […]
Oct 5, 1977: Maria Rubio was preparing a tortilla in a skillet in her home in Lake Arthur, New Mexico. When she looked down, she realized that a burn mark on the tortilla resembled the face of Jesus. The Rubio family created a small shrine where they displayed the “Jesus […]
July 25, 1967: During its broadcast of the TV series Combat!, ABC aired a commercial for a soft-drink called Squirt. The commercial appeared in color. What made this unusual is that it appeared in color even on black-and-white TV sets. The commercial used a technology developed by the Color-Tel Corp., […]
Offered for sale at the height of the Farrah Fawcett mania in the late 1970s — an “authentic deed to a small piece of land that was Farrah Fawcett’s early childhood home in Corpus Christi.” Only $4.95 each! The ad doesn’t say, but the amount of land a purchaser received […]
“Old Doc Forkola” is a most unfortunate moniker. But was there anything that Forkola Jell couldn’t do? Or should we ask, Was there anything that Forkola Jell could do?!? Source of text. Source link
This NPR feature describes how Mission Control had a tradition of waking up orbiting astronauts with music. But as you can see in the second piece, the playlist was even more extensive at one time. Source of text. Source link
Weird way to die — Ingrid Kerztin was walking by the side of the road, minding her own business, when suddenly 16 tons of oranges landed on top of her, crushing her to death. New York Daily News – July 5, 1984 Source link
What super-famous Hollywood icon is this, beneath her disguise? The answer is after the jump. Source link
“Whatever you do—wherever you go—you are in a Beauty Contest.” Kansas City Times – Mar 12, 1932 Source link
June 1992: Dick W. Pirkey Jr., a teacher at Harmony High School in Texas, was fired from his job after a student in his animal husbandry class castrated a pig with his mouth. Pirkey acknowledged that he had described such a procedure to his students, but insisted that the 17-year-old […]
This is one of those volumes you pack away for when civilization collapses, as it give the formulas for making from scratch glass, nitroglycerin, glue, and a thousand other handy things. Read it here. Source link