Death
To All Things Moderation
Good news fellow couch potatoes! Long distance, strenuous joggers have the same mortality rate as sedentary people. On the other hand, the Danish study says moderate jogging does improve the mortality rate. Mmm danish...
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 03, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Exercise and Fitness
Electrocutes then drowns rodents
When it's not enough to kill a mouse just once. Source: Popular Electricity, Nov 1911.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 29, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Death
Old Ink
Tattoos go back a long way. This is evidenced by an archaeological find from 1991 in the Italian Alps. Scientist have been cataloging the mummified corpse's tattoos since it was found. The current count is 61 on the 5,300 year old ice man. That's some really old ink.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 28, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Tattoos
Cheerful Dying Wish Fulfilled
I regret that I did not have this story ready for you for Christmas. Nonetheless, its spirit lives on through every season!
Thank God the kid didn't wish for the whole world to follow her!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 23, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Children, Parents, 1940s
Civil Defense PSAs
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 18, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Armageddon and Apocalypses, Death, Destruction, PSA’s, 1960s
Gentle Ben
Which scenario is more likely?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 27, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Television, 1960s
If America Dies…
Not exactly a question I had ever previously thought to ask.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 02, 2014 -
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Category: Death, Nature, PSA’s, Advertising, 1970s, North America
The Jake Bird Hex
From Wikipedia:
Bird then said, “I’m putting the Jake Bird hex on all of you who had anything to do with my being punished. Mark my words you will die before I do.” Allegedly, six people connected with the trial died: Judge Edward D. Hodge of a heart attack within a month of sentencing him to death, as did one of the officers who took his first confession. A police officer who took a second confession died, as did the court’s chief clerk, and one of Bird's prison guards. J.W. Selden, one of Bird’s lawyers, died on the first anniversary of his sentencing.
Modesto Bee - Nov 27, 1948
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 17, 2014 -
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Category: Death, Scary Criminals, 1940s
Tipu’s Tiger
Fascinating article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 14, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Art, Death, Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Puppets and Automatons, Nineteenth Century
The Atomiscope
Did this actually have radium inside it? How many cancers did this cause, carried about in Dennis the Menace's pockets?
Unfortunately, I've lost the source of this ad. Can anyone help?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 05, 2014 -
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Category: Death, Toys, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1940s
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