Friday, September 29, 2023

Miss Cellania's Links

8 Historical Methods for Keeping the Dead in their Graves. Scythes, locks, and iron stakes were some of the tools for keeping the dead buried—but they didn’t necessarily mean the living were afraid of vampires.

30 Men Share Real-Life Examples Of “A Woman’s Touch”.

Feast on Sushi, Steak, and Globalization at Iraq’s American-Themed Buffet.

How Poison Fruit Pits Became Irresistible to Humans.

All the Songs, But They're About Cats.

31 Halloween Facts for Everyone Who Has Started Celebrating Already. It is labeled as 31 for the number of days in October, but you might notice that several have nothing to do with Halloween as a holiday- they are just scary.

The Surprisingly Radical Roots of the Renaissance Fair.  

How Many Microbes Does It Take to Make You Sick?  (via Damn Interesting)

Why Don’t Cars Have Hood Ornaments Anymore?



5 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

I loved the "woman's touch" article -- "She changed the sheets. Like, what is this? Buckingham Palace?"

Lis Riba said...

Re: cat music videos

If Freddie Mercury were still alive, he would have *loved* "Don't Stop Meow"

Oh, who are we kidding... that would *be* his social media feed

gwdMaine said...

An oldie but goodie came immediately to mind today.

Women are like iPhones, you have to touch them all over before they respond. Men are like Blackberries, rub one ball and everything moves.

Happy Friday Miss C!

Miss Cellania said...

Happy Friday, gwdMaine!

xoxoxoBruce said...

"Poison Fruit Pits Became Irresistible to Humans."
Oh yes, everything bad for me has the strongest allure.