January 2022
January 16, 2022
Flirtation Codes of the early 20th Century
What a chore flirtation must have been back then if you had to memorize all these codes.
Philadelphia Inquirer - Oct 8, 1916
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 16, 2022 -
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Category: Languages, 1910s, Love & Romance
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 41
The artist's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 16, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Fashion, Technology, 1950s, Asia
January 15, 2022
From bashful schoolteacher to man-about-town
Sounds to me like the guy bought a Mustang and became a jerk.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 15, 2022 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s, Cars
The Artesian Tree
I can find no fuller account of this miracle. No doubt it was bulldozed long ago.ADDENDUM: I just did the obvious and visited the address given via Google Streetview. No sign of the fabled tree, alas. See screenshot in extended.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 15, 2022 -
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Category: Health, Regionalism, Natural Wonders
January 14, 2022
Taste-O-Vision
A Japanese researcher, Homei Miyashita, has created a screen that, when licked, imparts the flavors of food. From Reuters:Miyashita explains that he "hopes to make a platform where tastes from around the world can be downloaded and enjoyed by users, much like music is now."
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 14, 2022 -
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Category: Food, Inventions, Technology
Scarabus
The creator's IMDB page.Not embedable, but viewable on Vimeo and worth the trip.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 14, 2022 -
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Category: Surrealism, Cartoons, 1970s
January 13, 2022
Fish-Operated Vehicle
Scientists at Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev trained goldfish to drive a "fish-operated vehicle" or FOV. Details from scmp.com:So how long before your Uber driver is a fish?
More info: "From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals"
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 13, 2022 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Experiments, Fish
The Mentality of the Criminal Woman
Read it here.
The majority of the book consists of dry statistical tables and charts of the tests given to the subjects.
But in the latter third of the study, conclusions begin to be drawn.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 13, 2022 -
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Category: Science, Studies, Reports, White Papers, Investigations, 1910s, Women
January 12, 2022
Malicious Bar Stool
Outfit your home bar with the 'malicious' bar stool. Available from 1stdibs.com. Price: $3,700 each.
via Dave Barry
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 12, 2022 -
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Category: Furniture
Mystery Gadget 99
What tha--?Answer is here.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 12, 2022 -
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Category: Technology, 1940s
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