Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Miss Cellania's Links

The World's Most Expensive Eggs. The imperial history of Fabergé eggs.

A short reference on everything the public knows about Russian interference with US elections. It is continuously updated.

This Scientist Raised His Baby Son With a Baby Chimp. It was a horrid idea even for 1931, before scientific ethics boards existed.

When an English Lit Major Tried to School Isaac Asimov. In return, he got an essay on shifting degrees of wrongness.

Why Is My Face Changing Shape as I Get Older? A variety of experts explain what creates the stranger in the mirror.

Egoistic Altruism: A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place. Modern life doesn't have to be a zero-sum game.

A Cat, A Bulldog, and a Lobster Walk Into a Harlem Restaurant … That setup led to a melee that made the papers in 1910.

We Tried Mark Zuckerberg's Tricks for Looking Taller in Photos. They might work for you, too!

Want to stay out of prison? Choose rich parents.

Literacy Test is Unintentional Poetry. The Devens Literacy Test was given to World War I recruits. (via Nag on the Lake)

1 comment:

gwdMaine said...

That was obviously a Maine lobster. And thus began the
practice of banding lobster claws.