March 2022
March 31, 2022
Kawasaki Robot Goat
Kawasaki recently unveiled its new robotic goat at the 2022 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo. I kept waiting for the thing to move faster than at a snail's pace, and it never did.More info: electrek.co
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 31, 2022 -
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Category: Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons
Oklahoma U. Engineers’ Queen
Apparently the University of Oklahoma has a long tradition of the Engineering Department electing a queen, and then risking her being kidnapped by the Law School.Read a history of the OU Engineering School here.
I found a pretty recent reference to the continuation of the Queen's election, but not necessarily the kidnapping.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 31, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Regionalism, Rivalries, Feuds and Grudges, 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia, Twenty-first Century
March 30, 2022
How the Virgin Mary got pregnant
According to ancient Christian tradition, it was through her ear. Details from JohnSanidopoulos.com:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 30, 2022 -
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Category: Religion, Pregnancy
Pinboard Animation: “The Nose”
This cartoon is pretty great. But when you consider how it was made...
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 30, 2022 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Inventions, Cartoons, Twentieth Century
March 29, 2022
A Swishing Sound
A letter to the editor that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine (August 18, 1994):
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 29, 2022 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Noises and Other Public Disturbances of the Peace
Electroplating Corpses
Hugo Gernsback, the father of modern science fiction, offers a new mode of embalming.Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 29, 2022 -
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Category: Death, Inventions, Cemeteries, Graveyards, Crypts, Mortuaries and Other Funereal Pursuits, 1920s
March 28, 2022
Mother-In-Law Doors
A mother-in-law door is an exterior door that lacks steps leading up to it, despite needing such steps. They're a common architectural feature in Newfoundland, and no one really knows why.
The Homes and Hues blog offers one possible explanation:
An article by Lisa Moore in the Toronto National Post (Jan 16, 1999) offers another theory:
For many more examples of mother-in-law doors, check out the Mother-In-Law Doors of NL Instagram page.
via TYWKIWDBI
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 28, 2022 -
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Category: Architecture
Unauthorized Dwellings 22
Read about the legal aspects of this squatting here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 28, 2022 -
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Category: Regionalism, Unauthorized Dwellings, North America, Twenty-first Century
March 27, 2022
Miss Cloak and Dagger
Aug 1957: Pat Strasser was awarded the title of Miss Cloak and Dagger at the National Counter Intelligence Corps Association's 10th annual convention.Miss Strasser, who is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 118 in a bathing suit, was judged along with nine other finalists by a unique system that considered only one part of her shapely anatomy at a time.
First the 1,000 delegates scored the girls on legs, while the rest of their bodies were hidden. They worked their way up from there and the score cards were fed into the IBM machine.
San Francisco Examiner - Aug 4, 1957
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 27, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Spies and Intelligence Services, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #528
Our shirts will enable you to join the cast of Jackass.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 27, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Stupid and/or Dangerous Products, Advertising, 1950s
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