Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Cat rescue.
Not alotta Lada left.
Veinte Ideas Increíbles Con WD-40.
“History never repeats itself, but it rhymes.”
-Mark Twain (or someone).
Dude is amusing. Death metal meets the Beatles.
Toyota key fob battery dead? Locked out? Can’t start your car? Try these hacks. Might work for other brands, too.
Fun Facts To Know & Tell: Every amoeba is a clone. If someone named Cathy owned one for a pet, it would be Cathy’s Clone.
Gary Sinese (aka “Lt. Dan” in the movie Forrest Gump) received a surprise tribute from service members, 1st responders & Hollywood celebs.
Universal Basic Income: Finland’s experiment (to reduce their 9% unemployment rate by handing out free money) lasted a little over one year. [h/t rightymouse]
What Americans Must Know About Socialism.
Venezuelan immigrants speak out: “You do not ever want anything close to socialism.”
[Top image: Alexandria Occasional Cortex & Friends. h/t Octo.]
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Tuesday, 5 February 2019
She was only 10 years old when that photo was taken, 13 when it was hand-tinted. She was a professional postcard model known as Mary, Jane, or Semolina. Not sure of any of this, but the pic is cool.
[Found here.]
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Monday, 21 January 2019
No idea how this works, how to steer, how to brake, but it was touted as a safety bicycle for people unable to handle a penny farthing. I’m guessing that if you came to a quick stop, you’d be either thrown face-first onto the pavement, or you’d rock back and forth until your lunch suddenly appeared on your lap. Once you started pedaling, the same rocking thing would happen again with the same result, only messier.
I want one.
[Found here, via here.]
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Thursday, 20 December 2018
[Images found here via here.]
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Tags:1900s, awesome, dangerous, lumberjack, photography, Retro, trees, WIN, WTF
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Sunday, 16 December 2018
DJ Marshmallow is awesome [via].
Dontcha just know it. Cuba cuba cuba cuba
They named the student, but won’t name the badgering teacher.
Savannah College of Art and Design students opine on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas when they’ve never heard of him.
Can’t score off the referee. Nope. (Was that one of the Hanson Brothers?)
Top 10 GDP By Country 1960-2017 is an interesting graph animation. Russia fell off the map in 1993 and didn’t make the Top 10 for 20 years. China made the list in 1993, and look what they’ve accomplished since then. [Found via here].
“Baby It’s Cold Outside” is a pretty and innocent classic song about flirting, nothing more (despite what the SJWs would have you believe).
Fun Facts To Know And Tell: The USS California, christened in 1908, was sunk in 1918 by a German U-Boat. The USS San Diego, christened in 1914, was sunk in 1918 by the same U-Boat… yet the United States lost only one ship during WWI. Amazing that only six lives were lost. The latest story (with photos and sonar imaging) is here.
“The difference between a good officer and a poor one is about ten seconds.” —US Admiral Arleigh Burke (1901-1996) More here.
A 3,000 year-old penguin “super colony” was recently discovered in Antarctica, and the UK Daily Mail has to explain what guano is.
Penguins migrate.
[Top image: One-Eyed Charley Parkhurst had a fascinating life story. More here.]
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Monday, 10 December 2018
The Great Pyramid of Giza, aka The Pyramid of Cheops.
[Large scale image found here via here.]
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Friday, 7 December 2018
The missus’ Uncle Harry was there. The Japanese were strafing the airfield, and Harry dived under the heaviest piece of equipment he could find. He found out later that it was an ammo truck.
Harry survived the attack. Many did not.
That’s a scan of my late Dad’s rubber stamp. He used on all his snail-mail correspondence.
[Related posts here.]
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Sunday, 2 December 2018
Police Blotter: Clawson Police Chief Harry Anderson says a woman dialed 911 when she heard what sounded like a violent altercation between her neighbors at a Maple Road apartment complex.
“One of the neighbors had heard somebody yelling – a female yelling … she was possibly being hit – yelling, ‘Stop! No!’” The concerned party also said that, in between shouts, she heard a repeated loud noise. And now, the rest of the story…
This interview is over.
This town is too dark.
This database is too white.
Wipeout: The ending is awesome.
Stax Records had an amazing line up of talent.
“Lavender Blue” was recorded in 1959 by Sammy Turner, and includes the phrase”Dilly Dilly.” The poem/song dates to 17th century England.
The Evolution of The Na Na. They missed a few, but it’s still a good collection [via].
1944 vs. 2014 interactive photo collection is awesome. Click (or drag to fade) any WWII image to see what it looks like a century later. [h/t Nancy H.]
It’s only “…a group of migrants moving up from Central America towards the border with the US.” Yeah, right. You know they’re bad news when even los Mexicanos quieren que se vayan.: “We want the caravan to go; they are invading us. They should have come into Mexico correctly, legally, but they came in like animals.”
Top image from Bad Stockphotos [via].
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Sunday, 25 November 2018
Janet Nguyen’s story is amazing.
How to unload a truck with no dock.
#Antifa thug earns a nap on the asphalt.
Conan O’Brian interviews Joey Ramone 1999.
A Foley Artist is a sound effects technician who emulates the work of Jack Foley.
Terrence Aloysius Gorcey was one of my favorite 1940s Hollywood stars when I was a kid.
Gene Cernan.was 11th and last astronaut to set foot on the moon. The documentary “The Last Man On The Moon” could have included more technical information and less of his private life, but it’s still interesting.
From the “Who The Hell Is That?” Department:
Name the rock icon pictured above. Answer is below the break. Take a guess before you click, leave your initial suss in the comments.
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