Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Miss Cellania's Links

The Poisonous Laxative That Built America. Lewis and Clark's expedition depended on mercury to keep their bowels moving. (via Digg)

The woman with 200 kids. Cindy Stirling has taken in foster children for over 30 years, and they remain her kids for life. (via Metafilter)

The Cat Sanctuary Where Julius Caesar Was Murdered.

The Biggest Loser: Why Donald Trump Couldn’t Hack It in Hollywood.

When an Influx of French-Canadian Immigrants Struck Fear Into Americans.

What Was It Like to Be an Executioner in the Middle Ages? (via Damn Interesting)

Jupiter’s Newly Discovered Moons Officially Have Names. None of them is Moony McMoonface.

When Americans Dined (and Dated) in Cemeteries.  

A blast from the past (2012): 10 Strange and Wonderful Boat Races.

3 comments:

  1. Hey Miss C - They don't make it easy to find you over
    on Considerable or Geeks are Sexy. But with a little
    perseverance. . .

    For your followers here:

    Miss C on Considerable

    Miss C on Geeks are Sexy

    Haven't figured out the comments piece yet. Perhaps one
    has to register first?

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  2. They don't have comments on the blog posts at Considerable. They think Facebook is the place for that, but no one is going to Facebook AFTER they read an article, so I don't understand that logic at all.

    I don't know what the deal is at Geeks Are Sexy. They've got that never-ending ad roll before comments, so you can't catch the window.

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  3. Not being on The Facebook I can't speak to their comments.
    But whenever I'm bored, killing some time, need a laugh,
    or see an especially inflammatory article headline on Fox,
    I'll check the comments. If comments on The Facebook are
    only 50% of the vitriol that's on Fox, I get the policy.

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