Asia
Mao’s Crystal Coffin
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 28, 2015 -
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Category: Body, Celebrities, Death, Politics, 1970s, Asia
Shortest Man Who Ever Lived, RIP
Please mourn the passing of Chandra Bahadur Dangi, most miniscule male human ever recorded.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 05, 2015 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Death, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Asia
Kusköy, Turkey: The Whistling Village
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 25, 2015 -
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Category: Languages, Regionalism, Asia, Europe
Bollywood King Kong
More info here.
Tip of the hat to my pal Lawrence Person.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 14, 2015 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Creatures, Asia
Japan Blames It on the Heat
Summer's coming!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 08, 2015 -
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Category: Foreign Customs, 1950s, Asia
3 DEV ADAM
The full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 22, 2015 -
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Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants, Movies, Comics, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, 1970s, Asia, Europe
The Hairy Water Tortoise of China
I cannot figure out if this is a legitimate species, or a freak. This article seems to imply it was a common tortoise with vegetation affixed to its back.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 21, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Asia, Nineteenth Century
Kusama: Princess of Polka Dots
Creator of the "penis chair," among other objects of art.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 14, 2015 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Pop Art, 1960s, Asia, Mental Health and Insanity
Follies of the Madmen #241
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 12, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Family, Food, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Asia
Charlie Chan Condom and Tampon Case
Just the thing to prevent number one son.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 28, 2014 -
Comments (2)
Category: Movies, Stereotypes and Cliches, Birth Control , Asia
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