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They Saved Einstein’s Brain!
Evidently when Albert Einstein died at the age of 76 in 1955 sections of his brain were sliced and mounted on glass for further study. The now are part of a traveling exhibit which is currently on loan to the United Kingdom.
From the Guardian:
“Einste…
The City That Is Becoming a Co-Op
For more than forty years the Danish free city of Christiania has been a refuge for artists, iconoclasts, anarchists, hippies and the generally unconventional. In 1971 a bunch of free spirits playfully occupied an abandoned military barracks in the ol…
Lunch From Above!
I love the smell of tacos in the morning!
A new company is hoping to launch in the near future that will deliver tacos fresh to your home or workplace by drone helicopter! The start-up is planned for the Silicon Valley area where people will be more l…
Behold: The Reefer-Mart
In West Auckland, New Zealand at the Daktory, they had a problem when the club’s owner, Dakta Green, was rousted by the constabulary and given eight months for distrbution of a Class C substance. With typical local ingenuity they have convert…
A Moment’s Respite From the Storm
There. Doesn’t that feel better?
All found at :faithinthegood.
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A Reverend Assembly of Clowns
Every year since 1946, on the first Sunday in February, is the Clowns International Annual Service. It is held to honor Joseph Grimaldi, the father of modern clowning, and to celebrate those who play the fool for our entertainment.
Found at my-ea…
A Fear That Ought Not To Be In This Century
AS THE FATHER OF TWO BLACK TEENAGE BOYS, THIS CASE HITS CLOSE TO HOME. THIS IS THE FEAR THAT SEIZES ME WHENEVER MY BOYS ARE OUT IN THE WORLD: THAT A MAN WITH A GUN AND AN ITCHY FINGER WILL FIND THEM “SUSPICIOUS.” THAT PASSIONS MAY RUN HOT AND BLOO…
Early Censorship Protest
In 1934 the MPAA voluntarily passed the Motion Picture Production Code, more generally known as the Hays Code, largely to avoid governmental regulation. The code prohibited certain plotlines and imagery from films and in publicity materials produ…
Reality vs TV
I was watching one of the myriad mindless “police action” dramas on TV is a moment of boredom. In one particular program I saw two peace officers flee and scale a high fence when confronted by two barking German shepherds.
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