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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
The Swimming Lesson
When a raccoon invades your swimming pool, you may as well put him to work -as a swimming instructor! La Piscine (The Swimming Lesson) is from Faireset and his magnificent YouTube channel Parole de chat. (via Metafilter)
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
The Recording of Led Zeppelin's First Album
This mini documentary covers how and why Led Zeppelin came about and got an album out in a hurry. (via Laughing Squid)
Lous Cadetouns
The farmers of the Landes region of France used to work on stilts because the ground was so marshy. They could really cover some ground in those things! The tradition lives on in a form of dance. (via Neatorama)
Bunny Love
Whenever you hear the term "snuggle bunny" or "cuddle bunny," this is what it means. (via I Am Bored)
Scooby Doo!
I've not seen many episodes of Scooby-Doo, but I've seen enough to know they all end the same way. This comic is from Ellen Woodbury at Pizza Cake. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Monday, April 27, 2026
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman is a 1993 HBO remake of the 1958 original. This version was marketed as a comedy and had a more feminist slant than the original. Directed by Christopher Guest, it stars Daryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin, William Windom, and Frances Fisher. (via Everlasting Blort)
They're So Cute When They're Little
The bad news is that we need fewer kittens, since so many of them will end up at shelters, or be euthanized, or end up feral as a adults. The good news is video lasts, so that we will never run out of kittens we can watch on the internet instead.
The History of #2
What did people do before modern toilets were invented? In my neck of the woods, they used outhouses. That was the case in most places, but it became a problem when people started living close to each other in cities. Various systems for sewage disposal were installed by the Greeks, the Romans, and then the Europeans, but it was slow and only came about when the city's waste disposal problems became intolerable.
It was the same in the history of toilet design. There were great leaps that didn't spread and were even sometimes forgotten, possibly because no one really wanted to talk about the problem. Besides, having a flush toilet is kind of useless when you don't have a water delivery system or a sewage system, and that kind of infrastructure was a major undertaking. Once we had running water, not only could we use real flush toilets, but also sinks, bathtubs, and showers! This brief history will make you thankful you have those things. (via Laughing Squid)
Miss Cellania's Links
What should a teacher do when a parent insists the moon landing was faked?
The Wild Concept To Fix Air Travel By Stacking Passengers On Top Of Each Other Is Back, And Somehow Slightly More Reasonable.
Atlas Obscura CEO Louise Story visited Bloomington, Indiana, to check it off her list. She discovered something about herself that she never expected.
The Golden Age of the … Enema?! Content warning: butts.
Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military will no longer require flu shots. Does he not know what the Spanish flu did in WW1? (via reddit)
The Medieval Mystery of a City That Danced Itself to Death. In 1518, residents of Strasbourg began dancing uncontrollably for days until they passed away.
Dopamine Depletion: The Hidden Driver of Alzheimer’s Memory Loss. An existing drug may be of use in slowing the disease. (via Damn Interesting)
A Blast from the Past (2007): Cooking with Tools.
Passing Out In A Centrifuge
Humans were not designed for acceleration, jerk, and G-forces, yet we travel at speeds that force us to endure those things. How do you keep breathing? How do you keep blood flowing to where you need it? It takes training, and still doesn't always work. Tom Scott visits the Royal Air Force training centrifuge in Farnbrough, UK, so that you don't have to. (via Digg)
Sunday, April 26, 2026
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