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The Most Ambitious Diary in History:

Claude Fredericks, a Bennington classics professor, knew Anaïs Nin and James Merrill, and taught Donna Tartt. He kept a journal for eight decades, and persuaded many in his orbit that he was writing a titanic masterpiece. Did he?, from The New Yorker

The Man Who Brought the Swastika to Germany, and How the ( Read more... )

Collected over the last month; hope you find something to interest or amuse you :)
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Today in Find the Cat:

https://twitter.com/katehinds/status/1269697161329082370/photo/1

(I must confess that I was not able to find the cat! See if you can ;))

My 17 Illustrations To Reflect On Our Lives During The COVID-19 ( Read more... )

The problem of policing isn’t bad apples. It’s a diseased tree.(...And demilitarizing police departments. Under a 1997 law, more than $7 billion in surplus military equipment, from grenade launchers to armored vehicles, has been transferred at no cost to local police departments. Boys with toys are too tempted to use them, and these toys are lethal ( Read more... )

The Man in the Iron Lung, from The Guardian

A very interesting (and lengthy) article about a polio survivor, who is one of the last people in the world still using an iron lung.

(thanks to lindahoyland for the link!)

Teddy bears riding a roller coaster in an amusement part in the Netherlands

(very cute, do take a look ;))

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A magic lantern in a St. Petersburg museum, from

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In case you wanted something to read over the weekend ;) I'd been collecting these over the last few weeks, from various sources.
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"At least it' isn't cancer", from Complex Child, March 2016

A rare spotted zebra recently found in Kenya, from The National Geographic

How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safely? from BBC News

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About hedgehogs:

Hedgehog (European) Hedgehogs have about 5000 spines. Each spine lasts about a year then drops out and a replacement grows.

Why sharks don't get cavities:

“(The surface of) shark teeth contains 100 percent fluoride. In principle, sharks should not suffer from cavities. As they live in water and as they change their teeth ( Read more... )