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Said to be the new trend among young people. It involves gluing yarn to your face and then painting over it with makeup. To get the yarn off, you have to soak your face in adhesive remover. Of course, when the media says it’s a trend, that means the reporter found two or three people who have done it. More info: people.com
Lucia Gorman, now 24, found herself an internet sensation in 2018 when her schoolmate approached her at an Edinburgh club, and someone got a photo of her face.
My Japan, one of the most unusual documentary films ever made, dares to question America’s invincibility. But I wonder whether in fact it’s the unheralded first film of the atomic age. Is it too far out to imagine that its real purpose was to desensitize Americans to the horrors of the A-bomb? By citing American weaknesses and vulnerabilities and seeming to praise Japanese patriotism, strength and resolve, it challenges Americans to support a strategy of total war. Its stealthy assertion: that the Japanese military machine will not be broken without an unprecedented effort. It supports this assertion by presenting highly charged and emotional images with an bogus “insider” narration that is at once deceptive and inflammatory.
It certainly is, for most. Last year Guinagh got $500 for his four-year work in translating Virgil’s ‘Aeneid,’ while his wife won $1,000 in a 25-word slogan contest. Pittston Gazette – Sep 18, 1954 If you’re interested, you can find Guinagh’s translation on archive.org.
Don’t fall for this common scheme.
As the weather gets cooler and damper, moss can quickly take hold of your lawn – but now Richard Jackson has a natural solution that kills off moss in 7 days
What he said he swallowed on a bet: 13 safety razors complete with blades, 21 nails, a fountain pen, a pencil, 56 toothbrushes, 20 chop sticks, a piece of wire netting, and part of the ribs of an umbrella. I doubt he ate these things on a bet. I’m guessing he suffered from acuphagia (the compulsion to eat sharp metal objects). Edwardsville Intelligencer – July 31, 1956
Experts weigh in on how to interpret your wearable’s results.
She made the remark at a 2022 hearing on the investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Users shared the purported photo of the tech billionaire, also an adviser to U.S. President Tweety McTreason, in March 2025.
The first documented circular-saw patent in an English-speaking country was granted in 1777, two years before Babbitt’s birth.
In its April 1930 issue, the German magazine Uhu reported on a new recording company that recorded and sold the applause from performances, rather than the music. The idea was that performers could use the applause records as proof of their popularity when auditioning for future engagements: May I present my applause to you, Mr. Director? A revolutionary innovation in the field of theatre: applause that doesn’t fade away! The newly founded recording company “Applaudeum” records the applause and shouts of approval, at the request of stage performers, using microphones in the audience. The device is designed to automatically activate at the slightest clap. Curiously, this innovation is used not only by unknown beginners applying for engagements, but also, to a large extent, by celebrities. It was an April Fool’s Day joke, but I’m surprised that no one (to my knowledge) has done it in reality as a weird thing to do. The closest thing to it that I can think of is the ‘Applause for Stalin’ record that we’ve previously posted about.
