Friday, March 05, 2021

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6 Ancient Bizarre Beliefs With Logical Explanations

Botanist and geneticist Nikolai Vavilov had a lifelong mission to prevent starvation by improving food production. But when it came time for Stalin to lay blame on someone for the Soviet Union's agricultural failures, Vavilov had a target on his back.

Octopus Selfie Wins Ocean Art 2020 Underwater Photo Competition. (via Boing Boing

An Oral History of the Star Wars Immunization Campaign.

Eight Snowplows in Minnesota Get Names.  I'm just surprised that Tator Tot Hotdish didn't rank among the poll winners. (via Laughing Squid)

How the Politics of Race Played Out During the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic.

Schrodinger's cat is alive! And partying!

One of the more controversial trades in baseball history was announced on 04 March 1973, when Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson, both pitchers for the New York Yankees, called press conferences to announce to the world that they had decided to “trade lives.” The experiment had a surprising outcome. 

The Resurrection of Kelly Marie Tran: On Surviving Star Wars Bullying, the Pressures of Representation, and Raya and the Last Dragon. (via Digg

A blast from the past (2012): 8 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains.

4 comments:

  1. Love that octopus selfie, Schrodinger's cat, and the snow plow names!

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  2. I like vikings. You can't argue with
    their logic because it's usually
    backed up with an axe.

    "I can't go out because of the virus,"
    sounds weak, whiny, and boring.

    Instead try something like:

    "I've sworn a blood oath of solitude
    until the pestilence is purged
    from the land."

    It's more valiant and noble; as
    if you're on a mystical inner
    journey, carrying a sword and
    preparing for your next heroic
    quest.

    Happy Friday Miss C!

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  3. The Octopus selfie is only the beginning, the whole Ocean Art 2020 is a collection of great photographs. Thank you... again.

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