Monday, January 20, 2025

Miss Cellania's Links

That Time The US Tried to Make Rain By Shooting Explosives Into The Sky.

I'd Rather Be Sick Than Eat Progresso Soup Drops Ever Again. (via Metafilter)

Your brain is lying to you about the “good old days.” The science behind why we think the past was better than the present.

A Field Guide to Cinematic Wolf Men. Videos are included for most of them.

A Brief History of Trepanation, One of the World’s Oldest Surgeries. Because sometimes you really do need a hole in the head.

The Moon Makes the List of the World’s Most Endangered Cultural Heritage Sites in 2025.

Meet the Texas Flapper Bandit. A bank robber or a lightning rod for America’s growing fear of independent women—who was Rebecca Bradley?

How to Wash Your Favorite Winter Coats at Home.

Donald Trump, crypto billionaire. (via Metafilter)

4 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Another crypto con commences, I see.

DWVR said...

The only thing that made The Good Old Days any good was that we were younger.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the Progresso Soup Drops link, I got a good morning laugh out of that. I think I'd rather choke down a dry packet of Lipton's Instant Noodle Soup that was a staple of our Boy Scout troop years ago.

chich said...

This is a good read about the "Good Old days" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/795898.The_Good_Old_Days_They_Were_Terrible_