March 2022
March 16, 2022
The Frozen Woman
Dec 20, 1980: On a cold winter's evening, 19-year-old Jean Hilliard's car got stuck in a ditch, so she decided to walk for help. She was found the next morning, two miles away, frozen solid.Remarkably, doctors were able to thaw her out even though she was so rock hard that needles broke on her skin. She suffered no serious injuries — just some blistered toes.
Read the full story at MPR News
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 16, 2022 -
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Category: Human Marvels, 1980s, Weather
Obscene Chinese Money
The portrait of Confucius is expressing his opinion with his fingers of the occupying Japanese army.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 16, 2022 -
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Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Money, War, 1930s, Asia
March 15, 2022
Hairdresser in a glass coffin
Celebrity hairstylist Antoine de Paris used to sleep in a glass coffin, which he claimed he would one day be buried in. He died in 1976, and whether he actually was buried in the glass coffin I haven't been able to find out.Info from Logan Sisley:
Dayton Daily News - Mar 25, 1932
"M. Antoine in the curious burial costume he has designed for his funeral"
From The San Francisco Examiner - Sep 25, 1932:
But models die, get married, get fired, while Antoine continues to live. Always he must be replacing the original ones. He picks them out for their gaiety and their good looks.
More info: Polish Fashion Stories
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 15, 2022 -
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Category: Death, Fashion, Furniture
Angier’s Petroleum Emulsion
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 15, 2022 -
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Category: Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
March 14, 2022
Blue Eyeshadow Should Be Illegal
Paula Begoun calls herself "The Cosmetics Cop". And as such she firmly believes that blue eyeshadow is violating some kind of law.You can read the full book (published 1985) at archive.org.
In 1991, she came out with a follow-up: Blue Eyeshadow Should Absolutely Be Illegal. Evidently her feelings on this matter had only grown stronger over time.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 14, 2022 -
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Category: Cosmetics, Books, 1980s
Miss Beatnik of 1959
Further text at this link.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 14, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s
March 13, 2022
Name That List, #66
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.- the formula for the making of Wrigley's chewing gum
- the recipe for Purina Dog Chow
- the city records of Chicago and Los Angeles
- most of the Walt Disney films, including all of the original prints from the Mickey Mouse Club
- 109,000 old MGM movies
- the wedding dress of a lady from Wichita
- fur pelts
- a collection of antique newspapers dating back to 1659
- copies of Bibles in 1700 languages and dialects
- a couple of jars of pickled frogs
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 13, 2022 -
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Category: Name That List
The Flea Circus
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 13, 2022 -
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Category: Insects and Spiders, 1940s, 1950s, Europe, United Kingdom, Circuses, Carnivals, and Other Traveling Shows
March 12, 2022
Suicide with sock
This sounds like a particularly unpleasant way to end one's life.
Dayton Daily News - Mar 25, 1932
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 12, 2022 -
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Category: Suicide, 1930s
Kaliedoscope, “Chocolate Whale”
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 12, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Psychedelic, 1970s
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