Weird Universe Blog — April 21, 2024
Tails for humans
Millions of years ago our ancestors had tails. Design student Cheng Chang believes that when humans start living in space they'll need tails again. So he built one.When our hands and feet are no longer suitable for the task of controlling our movement in zero gravity. we need a new form of body extension
More info: Royal College of Art
Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 21, 2024 -
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Category: Body Modifications | Space Travel
Sounds of the Office
Relaxing disc at home after a long day at work.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 21, 2024 -
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Category: Offices, Business Supplies, Institutional Regulations | Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings | 1960s
April 20, 2024
Astronaut Space Suit
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 20, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion | Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy | 1960s
Dr. MacDonald’s Astrological Dream Book
Read the whole thing here, and see what fate has in store for you!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 20, 2024 -
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Category: Dreams and Nightmares | New Age | Rants, Warnings, Jeremiads, Prophecies and Cassandra-like Figures | Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal | 1920s
April 19, 2024
Wizz Air to fly on human waste
So there really is a European airline named Wizz Air (I had to check wikipedia to make sure it was real), and it recently announced that by 2030 "up to 10% of its flights could be powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived from human waste." From msn.com:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 19, 2024 -
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Category: Excrement | Air Travel and Airlines
French Fry Injector
Why slather your fires with ketchup or cheese or mayo like a peasant, when you could laboriously inject the condiment into each individual fry?Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 19, 2024 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough | Inventions | Patents | Junk Food | Twenty-first Century
April 18, 2024
Meet Miss Electronic
Once upon a time answering machines were considered strange and dumbfounding.
Wilmington News Journal - Mar 31, 1956
Posted By: Alex - Thu Apr 18, 2024 -
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Category: Technology | Telephones | 1950s
Wild Stereo Drums
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 18, 2024 -
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Category: Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings | Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic | 1960s
April 17, 2024
One’s really his mother…
A young man with Oedipus issues.
Better Homes and Gardens - Sep 1969
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 17, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising | Parents | 1960s
Unauthorized Dwellings 33
Read the full story here.NOTE: image is generic.
A man in Washington smelled cigarette smoke in his home and traced it to an upstairs loft. There he found a makeshift bed, a running heater, half-eaten food, and drugs. The following day the suspect returned to the house and was taken into custody, police said.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 17, 2024 -
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Category: Drugs | Stupid Criminals | Unauthorized Dwellings | Twenty-first Century
