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

1. Inside Scientologist Founder L. Ron Hubbard’s Johannesburg Home When you step into this house, you step back in time. Meticulous restoration began on the interior of the house in 2003: the aim was a return to almost exactly how it looked for its first occupant, a Mr. L. Ron Hubbard… The Johannesburg house is one of six…

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

1. A 1960 Palm Springs Time Capsule for Sale The place was decorated and left alone. To step inside is to enter a time warp. Valued at $850,000, found on Flashbak. 2. Lady Penelope’s Thunderbirds Car Remember this?! Found on Pinterest. 3. Disney Concept Plan for the Never-Built Switzerland EPCOT Pavilion Plans for an un-built attraction, possibly a…

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

1. Just a a “dombra” performance in Lake Köbeituz, Kazakhstan View this post on Instagram A post shared by fancy nothing (@fancy_nothing) on Jul 31, 2020 at 7:09am PDT The musician is 23-year-old Marzhan Kapsamat. Lake Köbeituz is a salt lake that turns pink every several years. The dombra, also known as dombyra is a long-necked…

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

1. Wife Selling The custom of Wife selling in England was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest. After parading his wife with a halter around her neck, arm, or waist, a husband would publicly auction her to the…

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

1. Dream Vacations by 3D Designer Nicole Wu More luxury from the future on her instagram account. 2. The Electric Utilities Pavilion, 1939 at the The World of Tomorrow The New York’s World’s Fair, more about how its world of tomorrow shaped our today, found on Wired. 3. On the set of Space: 1999 From…

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

1. This Fabulous Couple The most elegant viral sensation to emerge in the Berlin fashion scene, found on Instagram. 2. Ella Slack, the Queen’s Stand-in Queen Elizabeth II has had the same body-double for 30 years. Before the monarch appears at large events, Ella Slack walks, stands, and sits everywhere the Queen will in order…

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

1. There’s a pyramid hidden in the Scottish Highlands Hidden away in woodland on the Balmoral Estate in Royal Deeside is an incredible pyramid structure which rises above the trees… Erected by Queen Victoria, it was created in memory of her husband Prince Albert after his death in 1861, aged just 42… A plaque on…

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

1. There’s a 1000 year-old lost city beneath the St Louis suburbs Cahokia was the largest pre-Columbia city in what is now the United States. Its pyramids and earthen mounds stood near present-day East St. Louis, IL. Around the year 1050, it had 30,000 people, making it larger than London or Paris at the time.…

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

1. Grandparents model other people’s forgotten laundry Chang Wan-ji and Hsu Sho-er have become Instagram-famous for wearing outfits curated from the hundreds of items left behind by absent-minded customers at their laundromat in central Taiwan. ⁣Their 31-year-old grandson and unofficial stylist, Reef Chang, originally came up with the idea to create @wantshowasyoung on Instagram when business slowed…

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

1. An Entire Old West Town for Sale in New Zealand A detailed replica of an 1860s Wyoming frontier town, set in the heart of a 900-acre ranch has gone up for sale with an asking price of $7.5 million. Found on Bloomberg. 2. French Revolutionary Frescoes Discovered behind the Walls of a Paris Apartment…