Monday, February 13, 2023

Miss Cellania's Links

Inside a Decades-Long Quest to Measure Love. The journey of the “Love Tester,” from serious-seeming science to the penny-arcade amusements.

The passion of West Virginia’s last snake-handling church. There are still some in other states. (via Digg

The Ruin and Revival of the City that Built America. That's Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

2022: The Year in Elizabeths.

Guess what these things are. The answer is pretty neat.

How fingerprints form was a mystery — until now. (via Damn Interesting

40 Times People Got Threatened In Such Weird And Chaotic Way, It Was Actually Impressive.

The Popeye cartoon that inspired Nintendo’s Donkey Kong. (Thanks, WTM!)

In the World of Animal Courtship, These Males Go to Extremes


4 comments:

  1. That threats link got me thinking: Apart from "It's okay", what other death threats do women use?

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  2. Wasn't a Donkey Kong player but I grew up with Popeye cartoons :) I Still enjoy watching cartoons from that era.

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  3. Are there any donkeys in Donkey Kong?

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  4. The cartoons from that era were fast moving and straight forward simple because they were just for entertainment and not trying to set a good example or teach kids anything.

    The poor Greater Sac-Winged Bat suffers that routine daily because he doesn't have a family to give him Old Spice at Christmas.

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