Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Miss Cellania's Links

The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872. Greed, pride, and some other deadly sins combined to convince prominent men that their ship had come in.

Fake deaths, cheap resurrections, and dealing with real grief. Those who have confronted death find the pop culture version altogether unrealistic.

This Is What It’s Like To Live In An Ebola-Quarantined Apartment Building. Two guys in Dallas give a firsthand account.

A $150 Pair Of Sneakers Taught Me A Lesson That's Lasted 22 Years. Better to make those money mistakes when you’re still young enough to recover from them.

38 Facts on Frankenstein (Including the Aerosmith song it inspired and the reason the Munsters never got sued).

What the World Eats. National Geographic brings us a data visualization project that breaks down world food consumption.

Things I wish I knew when I started my PhD…

The Uncanny Language of Medical Instagram. An app for medical professionals provides horror, information, and entertainment. 

America’s Favorite Sandwich Fillings.

A science professor explains why men and women have the same number of ribs, despite Adam having one removed to create Eve. (via Metafilter)

If I Had Known My Mother Back Then. Graphic artist Danielle Delph combed through old family photographs and combined some from her childhood with those of her mother’s childhood.  (via mental_floss)

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