Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Miss Cellania's Links

Shiny Crumbs and Wet Salads. If you've ever forgotten a word and came up with a dumb alternative, this thread is for you. (via Metafilter)

The magical thinking of guys who love logic. Why so many men online love to use “logic” to win an argument, and then disappear before they can find out they're wrong.

This Spider's Eyes Still Glow, 110 Million Years Later. (via Mashable)

Strato Lizzie, the Mascot Cat of the TWA Pilots at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport. (via Strange Company)

The disturbing hypothesis for the sudden uptick in chronic kidney disease.

What's at the Edge of the Universe? Gizmodo asked various scientists.

Elephants are Evolving to Lose Their Tusks. We are seeing evolution in action as pachyderms respond to changing conditions. (via TYWKIWDBI)

Financial Windfalls: 15 Stories of the Money That Changed Everything. (via Digg)

So apparently Janky gets jealous of anything... 

Great White Sharks May be to Blame for Megalodon's Extinction. (via Smithsonian)

A blast from the past (2013): 7 More Really Weird Musical Instruments.

2 comments:

SnowMan said...

This posting includes a number of fascinating, informative articles, but the Shiny Crumbs thread was sooo entertaining and satisfying. (I guess I like humor that builds slowly. By the time I got to the Majestic Sea Flap Flap, I was in tears, even though I had seen that graphic before.)

-WDitot

Miss Cellania said...

I felt the same way the first time I went through it!