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

1. A Time Capsule of Medical History Discover this amazing little museum in Indiana, found on Thought & Sight. 2. The Streets of San Francisco Found on this instagram account via This isn’t Happiness. 3. London’s Abandoned system of Elevated Walkways A fascinating documentary well worth your time… 4. Miniature Facades by Drew…

The 1994 Scientology Handbook is Just as Crazy as you Imagined it to Be

In the hope of not inviting the wrath of the Scientology tech department with this article (surely they have a team of hackers on sabotage duty somewhere), I’d like to share some fascinating images from the 1994 Scientology handbook that have recently surfaced on the web… The handbook is a massive 871-page hardcover book available to buy on Amazon, featuring over 700 bizarre comic…

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

1. Documenting the unseen designs beneath book jackets A collection by Nick Ceglia of books that have a “Cover under Cover”. 2. There is an art museum on the moon, and one of the artworks is a penis drawn by Andy Warhol Moon Museum is a small ceramic wafer three-quarters of an inch by half an…

Conscience Letters from the Cursed Thieves of Triassic Park

In the archives of a small museum in the middle of nowhere, there are piles and piles of letters from remorseful senders dating as far back as 1938. These letters were accompanied in the mail by returned pieces of petrified wood, stolen from Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park. Believing they are cursed and condemned by the karma of ancient…

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

1. London Underground Posters from the 1920s From Bonhams and Library of Congress, via IO9 2. England’s 35 acre, secret subterranean Cold War City Deep beneath Wiltshire lies an abandoned fortress, strewn with old bedding, rusting machinery and stationery marked ‘top secret’. This is the Corsham bunker, where the nation’s elite would have retreated in…

These Miniature Japanese Paper Crafts are the Antidote to Pokemon

Somewhere in between Lego and Origami, is the world of Japanese miniature paper crafts. I know, I’ve been on the weird and wonderful side of the internet again today, getting very familiar with a company called Sankei, a Japanese paper craft company that sells all their scale model paper craft kits on Amazon. While you’re…

When Paris Invited both the Nazis and Soviets to its 1937 World Expo

World War II wouldn’t break out for another two years, the Nazis wouldn’t invade Paris and hang Swastika flags all over town for another few. In 1937, the International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life brought together 44 countries in the city of light, allies and enemies alike… In the vast online…

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

1. Extras on the set of Spartacus Extras playing corpses on the set of Spartacus assigned with numbers so that Stanley Kubrick could address them individually and give them instructions. Found here. 2. Keith’s Bicycle Track A bicycle track, only described as “Keith’s Bicycle Track,” circa 1901. Found originally in this Pubic Domain folder of images of the…

Stop Everything and Get a Brooklyn Brownstone for your Cat

Now, I’m not exactly a cat person per se, but today the internet may have finally lured me out of my doghouse and into the light. Has there ever been a better reason to adopt a kitty than the hours of entertainment this Brooklyn house for hipster cats surely promises to provide? No friends, there has not… New York-based…

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

1. This Guy This is Peter Arnold, a world renowned Spitfire historian. He basically spends his time globetrotting the world, documenting and authenticating WW2 Spitfire aircrafts that are still flying and those in various stages of restoration. He also takes on the occasional refurbishment project. His wife is very understanding. Image found on Tumblr, background…

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