Unknown orchestra, unknown song, late 1920s jazz.
Need a secret hand signal? Here you go.
A popular treat was renamed to remove a racial epithet.
Scranton Hiny Hiders is NOT the name of a bottom-ranked Pennsylvania football team.
East Overshoe Scorpions is/was the name of a Pennsylvania football team according to a college roommate from Pittsburgh.
[Top image: spam email. He just did something he’s proud of.]
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Perry Como –The Theme to Chaz (1969)
Leafblower [via].
Got Batgirl? Then you need this.
Interactive geographic clipping is kinda cool.
The total lunar eclipse of 1 March 1504 was historic.
Malaco Djungelvrål Swedish licorice is not for the timid.
“Licorice is an herb that grows in parts of Europe and Asia. The root is used as medicine. Licorice root contains glycyrrhizic acid. Glycyrrhizic acid can cause complications when eaten in large quantities.”
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The Will Bradley Trio – “Down The Road A Piece” (1940)
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. [Update – Story has been unverified]
Women’s Rugby Haka.
Him: ” I want to break up with you.”
Maori girl: “You don’t want to break up with me.”
Him: “I don’t want to break up with you.”
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Ken Nordine – Flibberty Jib – 1957
The Buffalo Song [ht/ JW].
Very cool interactive photos of WWII [h/t B&P].
Tesla Valve demonstration… using propane [h/t Phil].
Fun Facts To Know And Tell:
A new kind of spider was discovered in 2012. It has a velvet body and lives underground, hence the genus name LouReedia.
“After hearing the Guinness Book of World Records planned to name him the most litigious man, one federal prisoner did what he does best — he sued.” Story here.
Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation reports that sea turtles need to watch their backs, because bottle-nosed dolphins enjoy having sex with them (as well as with sharks and eels). [Source]
[Top image: On 16 May 2020, the USS Portland disabled a UAV with a laser. Story & video here.]
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Danny Dell & The Trends- Froggy Went A Courting, 1960
In the medical business? Gomerpedia is kinda cool.
It even lists a Karen.
It’s open mic poetry night at Honky Joe’s Beat Bar.
Jökla-mýs = Glacier mice.
They move around and nobody knows how [h/t Bunkarina].
Speak Appalachian? Here’s a quiz. Pretty easy – I got 100%.
[h/t Busted Knuckles.]
THIS JUST IN:
A new proof has confirmed the Schinzel-Zassenhaus conjecture, which predicts that the smallest roots of a non-cyclotomic polynomial effectively repel the largest roots, like magnets pushing each other away.
[Top image & story here. More here. Video here.]
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RUN.
Polar bear being a polar bear.
I’ve got an uncontrollable urge to buy a DEVO Energy Dome COVID-19 face mask.
Betsy Ross incubated an egg in her bra and hatched a duckling.
King Rhadamanthus: If a person defends himself against another who initiated violence then he should suffer no penalty.
Cat Man – Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps 1957
[Top image: On Friday afternoon, L.A. guerilla artist Sabo was interviewed on AM640KFI. Scroll down to listen.]
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Happy Mothers Day.
RIP Little Richard Penniman (1932-2020).
A fruit tested positive for COVID-19. So did a goat and a sheep.
Amazing milestone: First US Space Force recruitment video was released 6 May 2020.
36% of voters would turn in their neighbors for ignoring stay-at-home orders. That is disturbing.
Top image: Old man arrested for fishing under quarantine rules. Photo essay here.
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Not sure what happened to the side bar. I blame meerkats.
Cutesy little standy-uppy weasel-lookin’ bastards.
Crash crash ding tinkle tinkle
THIS.
From the Too Much Botheration Dept.:
Lotta frustration these days.
Mientras tanto en España [sound up].
Twitter thread of creepy objects posted by museum curators [via].
It rhymes with “biscuit,” but what does the name “Triscuit” really mean? (Mystery solved!)
For 36 years Military specialized in publishing 1st hand accounts from WWII to the present. According to the editor, June 2020 will be its final printed issue.
[Top image found in here.]
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The Border Wall at El Centro is moving right along.
Heartfelt thanks to The True Heros of this crisis [sarc alert].
Google has filed a new trademark application with the USPTO for the name “Pigweed.”[More here.]
German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) sarcastically identified common “tricks, dodges, and chicanery” used in debate in 38 Ways to Win an Argument. They’re all underhanded and dishonest, and are prevalent in today’s media.
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Bonks and Conks:
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This guy says he got it from Agnes.
The Stockport Spiderman [h/t @stumpymoose].
Interactive Wave is kinda cool. Click around on it.
First they ruined this. Then they ruined that. The PC police ruin everything.
“When u social distance so well that the cops have to find u by helicopter.”
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Tacky Raccoons 