Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Miss Cellania's Links

People can get really creative in memorializing the dead, so much so that many large cemeteries, parishes, and churches in ages past would appoint a censor to make sure that grave markers were proper. (via Strange Company)

School restrooms are a public health problem. The problem is that kids don't get to use them.

The Trump Administration Quietly Changed the Definition of Domestic Violence and We Have No Idea What For.

I Needed A Hysterectomy At Age 31. Doctors Fought Me Every Step Of The Way. (via Metafilter)

Beware of Coyotes.

Before Black Lung, The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster Killed Hundreds. Yet the company that did the project denied any cases of silicosis. (via Digg)

Herd Immunity in Action. A new study shows that the vaccine against HPV has caused incidences of human papilloma virus to decline, even among women who don't get the vaccine.  (via reddit)

If you buy an animal embedded in amber for a good price, the "amber" probably refers to the color, not the natural resin.

Is Clutter Also Making You Bad With Money?

A blast from the past (2009): 6 Really Weird Worms.

2 comments:

Marion said...

There's another benefit to your finances from decluttering - you stop re-buying stuff you already have - a hoarder problem! And, you use the stuff you have. Sadly, decluttering has also somewhat demotivated me to take up hobbies, because I don't want to... create clutter!

Anonymous said...

Re tombstones. In our cemetery is the grave of an infant with the engraving "Spit happens".