Weird Universe Blog — August 15, 2019
Narcotic Pangolin Scales?
Wildlife researchers would like everyone to know that the scales of pangolins (a kind of anteater) DO NOT contain the opiate tramadol, because apparently there’s a thriving black-market trade in the scales fueled by people who think they can use them to get high. In fact, the scales are made entirely of keratin, which is the same thing fingernails are made out of.I wonder how this rumor ever got started. Was it as a joke? Or did someone seriously think they got high from pangolin scales?
More info: Nat Geo
image source: wikipedia
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 15, 2019 -
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Category: Animals | Drugs
August 14, 2019
Black Binder Clip Pin
The latest ridiculously overpriced merchandise: a single, black binder clip, from designer Off-White, going for $95.The designer describes it as a 'pin,' which implies that it's meant to be worn as a fashion accessory, rather than used to hold paper together. Perhaps that's the reason for the high cost!
Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 14, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion | Overpriced Merchandise
The City of Napoleon, Washington State
Today, Chetlo Harbor in Washington State looks pretty much like the picture below, taken from the site of the Chetlo Harbor Shellfish Company.
But in 1910, the location was going to be Napolean, the biggest port in the world!
Source for ad. You can blow up the text to readable size there.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 14, 2019 -
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Category: Frauds, Cons and Scams | Oceans and Maritime Pursuits | Real Estate | Regionalism | 1910s
Pina Bausch
"Is it dance?" is indeed the relevant question.Her Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 14, 2019 -
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Category: Eccentrics | Surrealism | Dance
August 13, 2019
License-Plate T-Shirt
Available from AdversarialFashion.com, which explains:
via Book of Joe
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 13, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion | Motor Vehicles
Follies of the Madmen #439
No cereal that has touched dirty baby butt is going in my dish!
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 13, 2019 -
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Category: Babies | Business | Advertising | Food | Hygiene | 1900s
August 12, 2019
Youngster got high on hamburgers
A strange affliction to suffer from.
The Alexandria Town Talk - Jan 14, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 12, 2019 -
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Category: Food | Health | 1970s
Country Farming: Innovations of the Modern Tractor (1955-1959)
Nothing will probably ever beat TIMBER BRIDGE INSPECTION (reprinted below for newbies) as the gold standard for boredom, but twenty minutes of UK tractor talk comes close.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 12, 2019 -
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Category: Agriculture | Boredom | PSA’s | United Kingdom
August 11, 2019
Name That List, #60
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.- Stalking
- Consumer Buying
- Clerk
- Atomic Energy
- Taxidermy
- Forage Crops
- Firemanship
- Signalling
- Interpreting
- World Brotherhood
- Hog Production
- Dairying
- Nut Culture
- Airplane Design
- Pigeon Raising
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Sun Aug 11, 2019 -
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Category: Name That List
Some Ceremonial Garments of the Odd Fellows
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 11, 2019 -
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Category: Ceremonies | Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations | Fashion | Twentieth Century
