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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. XLVI)

1. Found under the carpet “Pulled up the carpet at the house, and guess what I found”– submitted by Reddit user Nnewel. 2. Unseen Photos Of Rolling Stones Discovered At US Flea Market Lauren White, whilst rummaging around her local flea market in Los Angeles, California, stumbled upon a collection of 23 photographs…

Why is F. Scott Fitzgerald Buried in a Strangely Unremarkable Place?

His novel is at the top of the Amazon bestsellers list, nearly 90 years later after it was written. He’s widely considered one of America’s greatest novelists and his work has inspired writers ever since he was published. So then why is F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is more famously associated with places such as Paris,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCLXV)

1. The Floating Cabin of your dreams Claudius Schulze’s first attempt to get around Hamburg’s rising rent prices was a treehouse. He was met, however, with the gargantuan might of German building regulations, which led him to discover how much simpler it would be to build on water, where anyone can build a structure under…

Antique Chronicles of Japanese, erm, Fart Competitions

To send you off for the weekend, here are the seventeenth century Japanese fart scrolls you didn’t ask for. The unusual images from an Edo period between 1603 and 1868, are known as ‘He-gassen’, which can only be translated as “fart battle” or “competition” and they’re all about, well, farting! It’s Friday, and on Fridays, I get…

Meet the Would-be King of France (He’s Kind of a Babe)

It’s not fair that the English get to have all the fun with their monarchy. France has better palaces and all these monuments and frankly, we need more parades in Paris. Enter Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, the rightful pretender to the French throne. In other words, if the French throne were restored, this guy would become King…

The MessyNessyChic 2017 Holiday Gift Guide is Here to Save You

Relax! I’ve got you covered. As your personal purveyor of all things unique, off-beat, thoughtful and chic, it’s my pleasure to bring you the annual MessyNessyChic holiday gift guide; the only list you need on the internet! So forget you’re gift-giving woes– it’s beginning to look a lot like … cocktails! A Castle for Christmas…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCLXIV)

1. French Facade Fakery Facades is an ongoing series by French photographer Zacharie Gaudrillot-Roy (previously) which strips isolated buildings of everything but their forward-facing exteriors. It reminds me of another photography project that turned Paris into a giant film set. Found via This is Colossal. 2. A Peephole Cinema A tiny theater hidden in an alley in…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCLXIII)

1. Underwater Works By photographer James Casebere. 2. Beneath Antarctica’s Sea Ice Whoever you are, whatever you do, your job is almost certainly boring as hell compared with the researchers who spent the last six weeks diving beneath Antarctica’s sea ice to study alien life forms on the ocean floor. Found on Earther. 3.…

Sorry your Ski Holiday Snaps don’t look as Cool as this

Ski season is upon us and naturally it’s all about the sport, and not at all about getting that perfect Facebook profile picture of yourself looking effortlessly stylish on the slopes. No siree! Just like these fine young folks who took a trip to Sun Valley, Idaho in 1946, we’re all about the best…

A Thanksgiving Compendium of Go Big or Go Home

Are you ready to eat your weight in stuffing and sweet potato? Sure, there’s the big fat turkey, but isn’t the test of a true Thanksgiving chef really about who can roast their yams to perfection and convert any brussels sprout skeptic with their secret recipe passed down for generations? While the big bird gets…

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