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Giant Pants on a Giant

From a blog devoted exclusively to Giant Pants of the '30s.

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(via Sloth Unleashed)
Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Jan 31, 2012 | Comments (2)
Category: Fashion, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature

Weird Universe Cruise

It's official. Weird Universe will be hosting its first cruise, departing on August 12 from Fort Lauderdale and returning on the 19th. We'll be sailing aboard the spectacular ship the Allure of the Seas, and accompanying us onboard will be celebrity mother Kate Gosselin and her fans, allowing WUvies to study weirdness at first hand, up close and personal! Reservations are now being taken. Book your cabin at kategosselincruise.com.

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Posted By: Alex | Date: Fri Jan 13, 2012 | Comments (5)
Category: Celebrities, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Travel, Surrealism

Postcard Gallery of Circus Fat People

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Why is it that nowadays obese people merit no special sideshow attention? Oh, right....

Gallery here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Dec 17, 2011 | Comments (12)
Category: Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature

Follies of the Mad Men #169

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You saw the Janus-faced cat. You saw the Janus-faced baby. But little did you think that such mutants could grow up to have a profitable career in advertising!

Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Dec 11, 2011 | Comments (3)
Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, 1950's

Even Dwarfs Started Small

Perhaps these clips will give you some small taste of my weird viewing experience last night: Werner Herzog's Even Dwarfs Started Small.

First, the movie's "theme song," heard at intervals throughout.



Next, a scene from the middle, where sighted dwarves torment blind ones.



Finally, the closing scene.



Rent this immediately, to cement your standing as a true WU-vie!

Want A More Flexible Schedule In 2012?

Then do I have the calendar for you.

25 year old Russian contortionist "Zlata" has just released a calendar featuring her in 12 of her most eye- (and spine-) popping poses. From cooking in the kitchen with one leg behind her head, to getting off a bus with, er, one leg behind her head, the spry former-gymnast has tied herself in knots to produce something to please her legions of fans.

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More facts about Zlata, with many more examples of her art, can be found here, courtesy of the Daily Mail.
(Potentially NSFW.)

World Beard & Moustache Championships 2011

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It's not too early to begin planning your trip to Trondheim, Norway, for the World Beard and Moustache Championships in May.

Historic Dwarfs:  Bertholde

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Imagine a day when a children's magazine would run a series entitled "Historic Dwarfs." Yet such was the case a century ago, in the pages of ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE.




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Read about this charmer here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Aug 04, 2010 | Comments (7)
Category: Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Magazines, Children, Historical Figure, Natural Wonders
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