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More France Gall
WU-vies have no one to blame for this post except fellow reader John Armstrong, who practically dared us in a comment to put this sappy song up!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 12, 2010 -
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Category: Candy, Reader Recommendation, 1960s, Europe
Shrunken Head Kit
Spotted by Regina Orio.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 05, 2010 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Celebrities, Horror, Toys, Reader Recommendation, 1960s, 1970s
Authentic Bus Jump
Reader Frank has good evidence that our earlier clip of a bus jump was staged by a business. But here's an authentic one.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 23, 2010 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Reader Recommendation, Europe
More Female Marimba Players!
Thanks to Reader Slee, I learn that Santa Fe supports an all-female Marimba band. And then I found an Asian group too! Life is good again.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 19, 2010 -
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Category: Music, Reader Recommendation, Women
Big Man Japan
Found by the inimitable Nick Jainschigg.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 01, 2009 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Movies, Reader Recommendation, Parody, Asia, Natural Wonders
Petey and Pokey
Courtesy of the magnificent Denny Lien.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 30, 2009 -
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Category: Medicine, Advertising, Reader Recommendation
Black Zeus’s Medical Oddities
You ever wander what a man would look like if he let his ear hair grow out?Or how about the unborn fetus of a twin?
Maybe you just want to know if there is truth to the phrase "swallow a watermelon seed and it will grow in your stomach."
FAIR WARNING. This just may mess your world up.
Click here for slideshow.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 27, 2009 -
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Category: Body, Medicine, Reader Recommendation
Dog Bikini
Thanks to Andy Watson!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 08, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion, Reader Recommendation, Dogs
All Apologies
The Mgt. of WU--Alex, Chuck and Paul-- would like to apologize to our readers for foisting an overly political and jejune and tendentious post on you, even by proxy. You'll note that it's been deleted--although the comments formerly attached to it remain behind, so as to archive the wise and tasteful responses of our loyal readers.
Please forgive us, and continue reading as before.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 31, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Politics, Riots, Protests and Civil Disobedience, Weird Universe, Comments, Corrections, Reader Recommendation
Super Clarinet
A reader named Luke--thanks, Luke!--points us toward this triple-sized musical instrument. It reminds me of something Dr. Seuss would've drawn.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 29, 2009 -
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Category: Inventions, Music, Technology, Reader Recommendation
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