March 2019
March 31, 2019
Name That List, #57
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.- From Libyan generals: 6
- From Libyans: 6,359
- From Sirculians: 222
- From Etruscans: 542
- From Greeks: 6,111
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 31, 2019 -
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Category: Name That List
The Hero Thrill Show Queens
"Hero Scholarship Thrill Show Queen competitors [1969] Carolyn McNish and JoAnne Bream are crowned by Police Captain Philip Baumgardner, Fairmount Park Lt. Joseph Salamone and Deputy Fire Chief Frank Bowen."
"Northeast Regional finalists for Thrill Show queen [1974] are Denise Needham, nominated by the police department, and Sandra Hartman nominated by the fire department. Standing are John Craig, chief police inspector, and Martin Preite, deputy fire chief."
What is the "Hero Thrill Show?" Their Wikipedia page has the answer.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 31, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Law, Regionalism, 1960s, 1970s
March 30, 2019
The Hollister Wind Bag
Patented by Thomas Lloyd Hollister in 1939. He called it a “gas receptor.” Basically, it was a fart collection bag. From the patent:
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 30, 2019 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Flatulence, 1930s
Victorian Lady in Her Boudoir
Oldest striptease on film?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 30, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Movies, Sexuality, Sex Symbols, Nineteenth Century
March 29, 2019
Sympathetic Vomiting
An outbreak of mass vomiting at a school in North Carolina is being attributed to some kids getting upset stomachs from eating a combination of fruit juice and spicy chips, and then a bunch of other kids being triggered into “sympathetic vomiting.” That's when people vomit in response to seeing other people vomit. According to wisegeek.com, biologists suspect that the phenomenon has its roots in our evolutionary history:Other cases of sympathetic vomiting occasionally make headlines, such as in 2014 when a flight was forced to make an emergency landing after one person's vomiting caused five other people to do likewise.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 29, 2019 -
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Category: Psychology, Body Fluids, Stomach
Porpoise Oil or Locust Oil: Your choice!
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 29, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Insects and Spiders, Technology, 1920s
March 28, 2019
Deconstructed Cargo Pants
More minimalist fashion. Cargo pants without the pants (but with the pockets). From designer Namilia.Cost: €185, which is about $208.
(Thanks to jmichael for the link!)
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 28, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion
Follies of the Madmen #420
Commies were a useful foil to sell things.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 28, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Appliances, Historical Figure, 1950s, Russia
March 27, 2019
Glitter Balls
Here's the latest viral horror doing the rounds. It's not clear how many people are bejeweling their dogs in this way. But pictures of the phenomenon are out there. So, I guess, someone must have done it.The glitter is said to be edible, and it's applied with corn syrup. So it's not harmful for the dogs.
More details: rare.us
(Thanks to Jenny Beatty for alerting us to this!)
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 27, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Dogs
Twelve-Tone Greatest Hits
Very droll.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 27, 2019 -
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Category: Music, Twentieth Century, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
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