Animals
Pig Precinct
In 1972, the City Council of Ames, Iowa reprecincted the city in order to comply with new legislative district lines drawn by the Iowa Supreme Court. In doing so, they inadvertently created one precinct that had no residents in it — except for pigs, because the precinct was entirely occupied by the 15-acre Experimental Animal Disease Laboratory.Ames has redistricted since 1972, so I'm assuming the pig precinct no longer exists.
Arizona Republic - Nov 4, 1972
The Pick And Axe (Bessemer, Michigan) - Aug 8, 1974
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 12, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Government, 1970s
Mystery Illustration 24
What historical figure is this rooster intended to represent? Lord Nelson? Oliver Perry? Maybe Captain Cook?
The answer is here.
Or here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 09, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Nineteenth Century
Chicken Croquet
Coolest. Games. Ever. from Athena G on Vimeo.
I'm willing to bet that this is one of a very limited number of toys whose genesis can be traced directly to someone making a bad pun.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 07, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Toys, 1990s, Jokes
Crocodile Cage Diving
Yes or no?
Info here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 03, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Death, Australia
Mystery Illustration 23
What world-famous organization features this spokes-donkey?
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 01, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Celebrities
Eels smelling alcohol
Various sources report that the sense of smell of the eel is so acute, that if you were to pour a few drops of alcohol into the Great Lakes (or Lake Constance, according to who's telling the story), an eel would be able to smell it.From Consider the Eel, by Richard Schweid:
And from The Eel, by F.W. Tesch & R.J. White:
The original source from which this info seems to come is a 1957 article in a German scientific journal: Teichmann, Harald. (January 1957), Das Riechvermögen des Aales (Anguilla anguilla L.). Naturwissenschafter 44(7), 242.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 28, 2016 -
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Category: Animals
A Nip For The Kitty
Now you can turn your cat into a wino and never drink alone again with kitty wine! The ingredients do not include actual alcohol, just catnip, water and beet juice. But considering the company is based in Colorado who knows what kind of weed is in there.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 19, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Cats, Alcohol
Victor the Wrestling Bear
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 13, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Wrestling, 1970s
Deer Vasectomies
On Staten Island, the deer population is reportedly getting out of hand. To address this problem the powers that be have decided on deer vasectomies as the plan of action. The deer will be tranquilized, neutered, and then returned to the wild. At least as wild as it is on Staten Island anyway.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 10, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Government, Really Bad Ideas
Raise Chickens or Move!
Back in 1906, everyone in Montezuma, Iowa raised chickens. And anyone who didn't was politely encouraged to get out of town."A few have tried to live in Montezuma without engaging in the poultry industry either for pleasure or profit, but they have always found their dislike for chickens growing into a sort of barrier against friendly intercourse with their neighbors and they came to be almost social outcasts."
According to Montezuma's wikipedia page, the town hasn't grown much in the past 100 years. However, the page doesn't say anything about the chicken-raising requirement. Nor does Montezuma's own official website.
Custer County Republican - Dec 27, 1907
via reddit
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 05, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, 1900s
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