April 2019
April 20, 2019
Muskrat allowed
Submitted by Jenny Beatty, from USA Today, April 17, 2019.Luckily for the Catholics in Detroit, we here at WU have their muskrat-cooking needs covered, having previously posted the recipe for Cream of Muskrat Casserole, as well as how to find the full cookbook Recipes for cooking muskrat meat.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 20, 2019 -
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Category: Food, Religion
Bubblewrap Dress
By designer Jaded London. It's called the "all over sequin mesh beach dress," but it looks suspiciously like bubblewrap. It's on sale at ASOS for $81 (down from $108).
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 20, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion
Cabin Pressure
Cabin Pressure from Matthew Lee on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 20, 2019 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Bad Habits, Neuroses and Psychoses, Death, Elderly and Seniors, Experts and Authority Figures, Regulations, Stop-motion Animation, Air Travel and Airlines, Alcohol, Goofs and Screw-ups
April 19, 2019
Bear vs Man
New York, 1937.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 19, 2019 -
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Category: Sports, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #422
"Takes a drenching, yet keeps on clenching!"
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 19, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Family, Underwear, 1910s
April 18, 2019
Laundry-Folding Robot
The Foldimate. Hoping to be available for purchase by the end of this year. Target price: $980.I could see that it might be a useful convenience in places with shared laundry facilities, like apartment buildings. But it would seem a bit extravagant for a single-family home.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Apr 18, 2019 -
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Category: Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons
Bette Davis Sings
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 18, 2019 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1960s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
April 17, 2019
Incident in Salem
Submitted by Jenny Beatty, who notes the source as USA Today, October 26, 2018 or thereabouts.More details.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 17, 2019 -
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Category: Crime
The woman who died 24 times
The strange case of Sofia Misilevich, who died 24 times in two days. Doctors attributed the phenomenon to "electrical instability of the heart."The dying part seems easy. It's the coming back to life repeatedly that's surprising.
I wonder if she's still alive.
The Tennessean - Apr 7, 1977
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 17, 2019 -
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Category: Death, 1970s
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