Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Miss Cellania's Links

The Transfermium Wars. It's Dubna vs. Berkeley in the science lab version of the Cold War.

“It smelled like death”: An oral history of the Double Dare obstacle course. It had nothing to do with the game, but kids loved the mess it made.

Family Thanksgiving with Giada De Laurentiis. She has the secret solution for having to listen to family squabbles.

What Is the World's Weirdest Language? Maybe it's Pirahã, which can be can be spoken, whistled, or sung.

Before the Turkey, There Was the Peacock. European harvest feasts had their own big, colorful, tasty bird.

Thanksgiving as a Kid vs. Thanksgiving as an Adult.

Supposed prophecy predicting Donald Trump goes viral. Stanford philosopher Richard Rorty wrote it in 1998. (via reddit)

Pima Animal Care of Tucson, Arizona, has teamed up with Catalina Springs Memory Care nursing home to care for orphaned kittens. See more pictures at Facebook. (via Fark)  

17th-Century Dioramas Made from Real Human Body Parts.

Your Filter Bubble is Destroying Democracy. Blame the algorithms, but we must do something.

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