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Walter Molino's sensational mid-century pulp art is da bomb: The Art Of The Death Scene Via Memo Of The Air
Digital resurrection: A new app allows users to roam around one of Florence’s oldest and most important churches, San Pier Maggiore, 240 years after it was demolished. Via MeFi
What a week this has been! How the Internet Reflected on and Coped With the Capitol Attack
A New Year's Tail: A ten hour relaxation film for dogs.
An interesting post about people who survived long falls without a parachute.
How did a young draftsman design one of the most remarkable buildings in the world? The Supernatural Beginnings of The Bradbury Building
Found: A Nazi 'Enigma' Machine at the Bottom of a Bay It currently sits in a tank of demineralized water, where it will stay for nearly a year to flush out the salt that has rusted the machine.
In these gloomy housebound days nothing hits the spot like a bowl of soup. If you need some inspiration you'll find it here: 90 Soup Recipes From 101 Cookbooks
Would you pay $150US to smell like a pencil when you could just buy a pencil sharpener and carry the shavings in a tiny bag around your neck? (Not to mention the name they gave it.)Via
Human Skulls Unearthed in 15th-century Aztec Shrine: The most recent excavation of the Huei Tzompantli revealed the skulls of 119 men, women, and children, bringing the total number of skulls found in the tower to more than 600.
Trump is not liked in most European countries. He has been the subject of 28 DER SPIEGEL news magazine cover stories, none of them flattering.
This week's house envy is a 3 bedroom penthouse in the iconic Empire, built as a luxury hotel in 1901, with stunning views over Bath Abbey and the Guildhall, Bath.
CrossBoss is a blog, launched July 2020, dedicated to the New York Times crossword puzzle. (Mr. Nag and I are fans of the crossword. Any other fans out there?). Via MetaFilter
GM's private museum for vintage cars at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights. Thanks Bruce!
The Man Who Fell From The Sky: 'I passed out with the lack of oxygen': truth of Heathrow stowaways' tragic journey
When the U.S. Government Paid the Working Class to Be Artists : Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko are best-known as pioneers of Abstract Expressionism. But all four were also among thousands of artists and other creatives employed by the government through the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between the years of 1935 and 1943.
Illuminated River is a long-term art installation that will light up 14 bridges of central London and transform nocturnal views of the city. You can also see a virtual exhibition of paintings by various artists inspired by the bridges.
The Isle of Dogs in the 1950s After extensive destruction during WW2 temporary housing had been built but new housing developments on a large scale were yet to commence. Via Things Magazine
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