Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Miss Cellania's Links

The Man Behind the Counter. Charles Bess was a busboy at the Greensboro Woolworth during the sit-in in 1960. (via Metafilter

Fan Fiction Was Just as Sexual in the 1700s as It Is Today. (via Damn Interesting)

Josh Gibbs of Frog Forest Designs built a custom vivarium for a client who wanted to surprise her Star Wars fan husband. He recreated the environment on Dagobah, where Yoda trained Luke Skywalker, right down to Luke's crashed X-Wing starfighter! (via Geeks Are Sexy)

No Rules for Donald. Randy Rainbow interviews Attorney General Barr for his latest song parody.

17th-century Plague Doctors Were the Stuff of Nightmares.

This guy got pulled over and got a printed warning from a cop for driving 65 mph in a 70 mph zone.

That Time John Adams Almost Died Sailing to Europe. (via Digg)

Fourteen Fun Facts About Love and Sex in the Animal Kingdom. They range from sad or mildly gross to truly horrifying.

Dave Meslin just wanted to order boxes from Amazon. He received some granola instead. That was the beginning of an adventure in which he felt stuck in an endless loop of ever-more-bizarre deliveries and order corrections.

A blast from the past (2012): 9 Pre-Lenten Treats from Around the World.

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