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Follies of the Madmen #560
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 29, 2023 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Body, Cryptozoology, Health, Advertising, 1960s, 1970s
Le Clitoris
Le clitoris - Animated Documentary (2016) from Lori Malépart-Traversy on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 25, 2023 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Body, PSA’s, Sexuality, Women, Twenty-first Century
Noses
Read it here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 20, 2023 -
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Category: Body, Science, Psychology, Self-help Schemes, 1950s
Shoes with Hinged Soles
There must be a good reason why, for millennia now, all shoes have come with unibody-construction soles. But Robert M. Lyden thought differently.Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 17, 2023 -
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Category: Body, Inventions, Patents, Shoes, 1990s
Betty Furness for Westinghouse
The weirdest thing about this commercial is the incredibly tiny waist of almost 40-year-old Betty Furness. I can't take my eyes off it.
NOTE: the first video runs slow, at least for me. Best to let it download entirely before hitting play.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 06, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Domestic, Television, Advertising, 1950s, Women, Natural Wonders
Frontiers in Modern Art
Read full article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 01, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Museums, Sexuality, Public Indecency
Breast Douche
When a simple washcloth just won't do.Full patent is here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 11, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Hygiene, Patents, 1910s
Naeviology
Naeviology is divination by bodily moles.
Learn about this science at this book link, along with many other occult practices.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 31, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Fate, Predetermination and Inevitability, Predictions, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Nineteenth Century
The Disputed Measurements of Miss France
Article source.
Article source: Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 07 Feb 1964, Fri Page 14
The New Miss France 1963 Muguette Fabris and her Dauphines Daniele Chevalier (L) and Michele Fourtain Povel (R) January 01, 1963
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 15, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Body, Lies, Dishonesty and Cheating, Lawsuits, 1960s
The ear as an inverted fetus
From Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Anatomies: the human body, its parts and the stories they tell (2014), p. 158:
Tampa Tribune - Aug 13, 1973
More info: wikipedia
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 15, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil
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