Friday, December 16, 2022

Miss Cellania's Links

The Witches of Christmas.

A Colorful History of Baking Powder (And Its Unlikely Inventor). (via Damn Interesting) https://www.damninteresting.com/curated-links/

10 Differences Between The Wizard of Oz Book and Movie.

The Mysterious Origin of the Real-Life Dire Wolf.  They weren't the ancestors of our wolves at all. (via Damn Interesting)

No bridle no problem.

The Science of Affection That Makes Cats Knead You. (via Fark)

A Ranking of James Cameron Movies, not counting Avatar: The Way of Water, which opens today.

The Witching Cats of New Jersey. (via Metafilter)

A blast from the past (2013): 8 Legendary Monsters of Christmas.


5 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Interesting origin of baking powder!

gwdMaine said...

I haven't read the entire book, but I'm thinking if it was the Good Witch of the North that kissed Dorothy and sent her to Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz, then it wasn't Glinda as she was the Good Witch of the South. Four directions but only three witches in the movie. Introducing to some the real Good Witch of the North: Locasta Tattypoo. With a name like that she has to be good.

Happy Friday Miss C!

Miss Cellania said...

Happy Friday, gwdMaine!

WTM said...

Fun Fact re baking powder: One of the most prominent brands of same in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century was Price's. As in Vincent Price. Yes, his family was quite well-to-do, if not outright wealthy, from sales of Price's Baking Powder, and, not having to worry about how to make a living, he was able to become an actor.

xoxoxoBruce said...

re Baking Powder History, in the mid 60's quite often I would go to Norumbega Park to eat my lunch and feed the ducks.