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Wednesday, November 06, 2024
Vampire Brought Back to Life
A couple of years ago a 17th-century grave unearthed in Poland that found to be explicitly rigged to prevent a vampire from coming back to life. The burial of a young woman saw her foot shackled and a sickle placed across her neck, ready to cut upon the slightest raising of her head.
But those efforts were eventually proved to be in vain. In the last two years, she has risen from her grave, with the help of archaeologists, and her face has been brought back to life by forensic artists. While her name has been lost, she is called Zosia by locals and scientists. (via Boing Boing) https://boingboing.net/2024/11/04/this-is-the-real-face-of-a-400-year-old-vampire.html
How Camouflage Works
Camouflage effects, or nature's illusions, work as a combination of the way an animal looks and the way it is perceived by whatever it's hiding from. We might see a tiger and say, how is that camouflage? But if the cat's prey doesn't perceive colors the way we do, well, that just means we aren't a tiger's natural prey.
The science of perception is uncovering many different methods we use to sort and interpret the signals coming into our eyes and brain by studying the ways we can be fooled by those signals. Perception is an amazingly complex process that we use surprisingly well without understanding it. That's the way of natural selection- whatever works, in both perception and appearance, will become more common for those creatures who survive long enough to pass on their genes. This video is eleven minutes long; the rest is promotional. (via Laughing Squid)
Dancing with a Pony
Jake Nodar is a "Naturalist, adventurer, actor, activist, environmentalist and horse-trainer," according to his website bio. I would add comedian, because I've seen his videos and pictures. Nodar has been on quite a few reality TV competition shows, such as Out Of The Wild: The Alaska Experiment, Naked and Afraid, Naked and Afraid XL, and Full Metal Jousting. He has a pony, too. A dancing pony. The phrase "dance like no one is watching" comes to mind, but that's too late, because his latest has become Nodar's most popular video. (via Random Good Stuff)
Tweet of the Day
(Thanks, WTM!)The face her mom made said it all. 😂😂
— Figen (@TheFigen_) October 20, 2024
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Tuesday, November 05, 2024
Cat in Space
During the space race of the mid-20th century, the US and the Soviet Union were in a hurry to launch rockets into space, and eventually human pilots. The US sent up fruit flies, then mice and monkeys to test whether such a trip would be survivable. The Soviets sent dogs. But it wasn't just a Cold War project. The French wanted to go to space, too. In 1963, a cat named Félicette became the first and only cat in space, launched in a French rocket for a 10-minute suborbital flight, which she survived. Not that Félicette was thrilled by the experience. Stefan Chin tells her story for SciShow.
Actually Vote
This song from Keke Palmer is from four years ago, but it still works, except for the date of election day. It's today! (via Metafilter)
Miss Cellania's Links
The 20 Greatest Political Comedies of All Time. This is the way to de-stress before the election results come in.
The timeline of what happens in the presidential election from this point forward. (via Metafilter)
How to Move to Canada. Everything you need to know about migrating north if things go south. (via Nag on the Lake)
Trevor Noah addresses Joe Biden's worst sin -being born in 1942.
These Black Americans Were Killed for Exercising Their Political Right to Vote.
Sweeney Todd de Paris: The Original Demon Barber.
The cryptid called the squonk spends its time crying because it is so ugly.
7 Historical ‘Wars on Christmas.’ 'Tis the season, after all.
70 Years Later, The Original Godzilla Still Haunts Us. "Godzilla was baptized in the fire of the H-bomb and survived."
Curious Contraptions by Paul Spooner
Paul Spooner is an automata sculptor. He make moving vignettes that show the funny side of life. Spooner is also charmingly self-deprecating. (via Laughing Squid)
Tweet of the Day
Oh my goodness. Here is a male version of the “your vote is secret” video & it’s so good. Men, your vote at the ballot box is yours. It’s secret. Think about your girlfriend or your wife or your daughter. No one will know if you vote for Kamala Harris.
— Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) November 3, 2024
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Monday, November 04, 2024
Good Morning Starshine
"Good Morning Starshine" by Oliver went to #3 in 1969. It was written for the 1967 musical Hair. This fan-made video incorporates clips from the movie Hair as well as other sources. (via a comment at Metafilter)
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