Nature
Tree Spirit Project
Naked people and trees: the book.
Kickstarter here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 26, 2017 -
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Category: Nature, Photography and Photographers, Books, Nudism
Follies of the Madmen #309
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 31, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Nature, 1970s
Atomic Seeds
From the American Legion magazine for May 1962.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 31, 2017 -
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Category: Nature, Technology, 1960s
The Frozen Woman
Original article here.
Alas, two years after the coverage above, she was gone.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 17, 2016 -
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Category: Body, Human Marvels, Medicine, Nature, 1950s, Alcohol
Man in Tent for Deep Woods OFF
Apparently, this commercial featuring a guy in a tent filled with biting insects has attained a certain minor cult status I was not aware of.
The original is in the first video at the 3:40 mark.
Here's the guy, now revealed to be Bill Clement, still stuck in the tent fifteen years later.
But most recently, he (or a younger surrogate) finally gets to come out of the tent--and he's got a sexy woman with him. That's progress!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 15, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Insects, Nature, 1970s
The Pyréolophore
The fuel for the world's first internal combustion engine was exploding plant spores.
Details here.
And here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 13, 2016 -
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Category: Inventions, Nature, Nineteenth Century
Bugnet!
Does anyone under sixty years old recognize that this bit of lame bureaucratic humor is a DRAGNET parody?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 20, 2016 -
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Category: Government, Insects, Nature, PSA's, Parody
The Jesus Cloud of 1963
This strange cloud appeared over Arizona in 1963 and inspired many mystical revelations.
Good coverage here.
And here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 06, 2016 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Nature, Religion, 1960s
Motorized Ice Racing
Something frosty to contemplate during the summer heat.
Full history here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 26, 2016 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Motor Vehicles, Nature
Seven Ways Frogs Mate
Our knowledge of how frogs get sexy together continues to expand. It used to be that we knew of only six frog mating positions, but now a seventh has been added to the repertoire, thanks to the efforts of University of Delhi researchers who "spent a few dozen nights filming the sex lives of Bombay night frogs."
The new position, which involves no genital contact, is called the "dorsal straddle":
Over at National Geographic they helpfully provide a chart of all seven positions.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 15, 2016 -
Comments (2)
Category: Nature, Science
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