October 2018
October 26, 2018
ReActor—a house that spins and tilts
Located in upstate New York at the OMI International Arts Center’s Architecture Field. It can rotate 360 degrees, blown by the wind, but also tilts up and down based on the movement of its inhabitants. From the YouTube description:The question I can't find answered is if they put any plumbing inside of it, and if so, how.
More info: AlexSchweder.com
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 26, 2018 -
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Category: Architecture, Art
Reasons for Murder
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 26, 2018 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Antisocial Activities, Death, Stupid Criminals, Nineteenth Century
October 25, 2018
Strange Frequencies
Add this item to your Xmas list and you won't be disappointed!From the intro:
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 25, 2018 -
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Category: Science, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Books
Brazilian bus driver training
In Cariacica, Brazil, part of the bus driver training is to have the drivers ride on a stationary bike while a bus zooms by them at top speed, to give them a sense of how cyclists feel.It seems like with each pass the bus got closer.
via bicycling.com
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 25, 2018 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Bus
Mystery Illustration 78
What is the material and provenance of this coat?
The answer is here.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 25, 2018 -
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Category: Fashion, Nineteenth Century
October 24, 2018
Alternative Miss World
One to add to our ongoing theme of weird beauty contests: the Alternative Miss World contest. It started in 1972 and has been held every few years in London since then. A documentary was made of the 1978 contest (video clip below). More info: BBC News
Andrew Logan (left), founder of the contest, with Sasha Frolova (right), winner of the 2014 Alternative Miss World. Source: Facebook
The Miami News - May 31, 1985
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 24, 2018 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests
The Spilhaus Space Clock
This clock gives info on 19 different variables.For complete info, visit here.
The inventor's Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 24, 2018 -
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Category: Nature, Science, Technology, 1960s, 1970s
October 23, 2018
I Am Trash Perfume
So, what does I Am Trash smell like? Apparently a bit like strawberries. More info: adage.com
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 23, 2018 -
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Category: Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Follies of the Madmen #391
You have to be tripping on LSD to appreciate us.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 23, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, Surrealism, 1950s
October 22, 2018
George the Giant’s Strange Museum of Oddities and Wonders
I found out at the last minute about a weird "pop-up" museum that was opening for a few days in Bakersfield, CA: George the Giant’s Strange Museum of Oddities and Wonders. It was a four-hour drive from San Diego, but I figured I had to see it. So my wife and I did a road trip on Saturday to check it out.It was an excellent collection of oddities, but the best part might have been the live displays in which George demonstrated sword swallowing and drove a long spike into his nose. He also performed the 'blade box' trick with an assistant.
George hopes to be able to return with his Strange Museum next year. So if you're in the Bakersfield area next October, check it out!
By the way, you might have seen George in the movies. He played the character of Colossus in Tim Burton's Big Fish.
Alligator Boy
Fiji Mermaid
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Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 22, 2018 -
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Category: Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Human Marvels, Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand
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