Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Miss Cellania's Links

Foolish Scientists Find Mysterious, Alien-Like Creature in Antarctic Ice, Bring It Home. 

A Secret 1950s Strategy to Keep Out Black Students. Long-hidden documents reveal the University of Texas’s blueprint for slowing integration during the civil-rights era.

The Coffee Brand That is a Total Lie. Chock full o’Nuts contains no nuts at all, but the coffee does have is an interesting story behind it. 

The Vietnam Myth That Gave Us All Those Rambo Movies. (via Digg)

Here Are The 70 Best Signs From The 2019 Climate Strike.

Cinderella with a Glass Arm. (via The Daily Dot)

ER Was Prestige TV Before the Term Even Existed.

Joachim Gans, the First Practicing Jew to Set Foot in North America, Finally Gets His Due.

Mitch McConnell: The Man Who Sold America.

A blast from the past (2012): 14 Classic Distractions for the Internet Newcomer.

1 comment:

Bicycle Bill said...

News flash — there are no nuts in "Butternut" coffee either, nor are there any donuts in "Dunkin' Donuts" coffee.
And while we're on the subject, how did anyone come up with a name like "Yuban" for a coffee?

-"BB"-