January 2010
66 posts
“Sleep deprivation, on the other hand, breaks down the barrier existing between...”
– Altered state of consciousness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Truck drivers trippin
“The Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956 (Public Law 84-830) was an Act of...”
– Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scientologists love this stuff.
“Solresol words are made up of only seven different syllables. These syllables...”
– Solresol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Solresol domirefa lafadore tila fati mire!
“Rekuhkara (from Sakhalin Ainu rekuh ‘throat’; rekut in Hokkaidō...”
– Rekuhkara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I wish there was a recording of this
Alterdestiny: Arthur Miles--Throat Singer... →
Arthur Miles, a Texas “cowboy singer” from the 1920s, yodeling and THROAT SINGING in 1928.
It’s amazing that this folk singer, lost to history, somehow stumbled upon throat singing without any influence (little to no recordings from Tuva or anywhere else that has throat singing were available at the time).
His technique is really distinct too - the overtone is pure, distinct,...
Fantastic photomontage and its possible... →
This timeline has a pretty great selection of bizarre rareties from the history of photo manipulation. Features lots of the stuff I posted earlier
“The book Baum published in 1900 was not a children’s book, either. But it...”
– Stuart CULVER | Oakland Tribune Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET
Weird - L. Frank Baum transformed modern “window shopping.”
“The gut flora is the human flora of microorganisms that normally live in the...”
– Human flora - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It’s weird to think about how we’re all home to thousands of microorganisms. Our bodies are biospheres.
“More unusually, the Dymaxion map does not have any “right way up”....”
– Dymaxion map - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Directions are culturally biased, man.
“The term “biophilia” literally means “love of life or living...”
– Biophilia hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I think I might be a biophiliac.
“The economic benefits of trees have been understood for a long time. Recently,...”
– Urban forest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trees are economically beneficial.
File:Vaimanika Shastra Shakuna illustration.jpg -... →
Plans for an “Ancient” Indian flying machine
“Nikolai Ivanich behind the bar was nodding his head from side to side approvingly. The Gabbler at last was swinging his legs, tapping with his feet and twitching his shoulder, while Yakov’s eyes fairly glowed like coal, and he trembled all over like a leaf, and smiled nervously. The Wild Master alone did not change countenance, and stood motionless as before; but his eyes, fastened on the...
“Palmer Land (71°30′S 065°00′W / 71.5°S 65°W / -71.5; -65) is that portion of...”
– Palmer Land - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It’s actually named after me, they got that part wrong.
“Когда рак (на горе) свистнет. (Kogdá rak (na goré) svístnet.)
[kʌɡˌda ˈrak (na...”
– Russian sayings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This one’s for Dennis
“In 1978 Miguel Serrano, a Chilean diplomat and Nazi sympathizer, published The...”
– Nazi UFOs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The diving bell spider, Argyroneta aquatica, is a spider which lives entirely...”
– Diving bell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret society originally founded...”
– Knights of the Golden Circle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
More racist imperialism (is this redundant?)
“Operation Red Dog was the code name of plan by Canadian and American...”
– Operation Red Dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silly Nazis and their botched imperialism…I have to somehow bring this up in my Caribbean literature class…