The Food Timeline not only shows when certain foods were first used for human consumption, but also contains links for the history of most foods featured. For example: did you know that a botanist wrote about seeing 100 pounds radishes in 1544? That ancient Egyptians used marshmallows and licorice for medicine? Fascinating! Link -via Cynical-C
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The Food Timeline not only shows when certain foods were first used for human consumption, but also contains links for the history of most foods featured. For example: did you know that a botanist wrote about seeing 100 pounds radishes in 1544? That ancient Egyptians used marshmallows and licorice for medicine? Fascinating! Link -via Cynical-C
The World of Mr. Toast by Dan Goodsell has comics, animations, and delightful pictures of Mr. Toast and his food friends. Link -via Everlasting Blort
The Menton Lemon Festival (Fête des Citrons) is held every year in late winter. Menton is in the French Rivera, between Monaco and the border with Italy, and has a wonderfully mild climate that draws tons of tourists to see the fantastic citrus sculptures. http://www.menton.com/fr/citrons/ More pictures here. -via J-Walk Blog
My mother once opened a fortune cookie and read "You got the wrong cookie!" Have you ever opened a fortune cookie and wondered what was going through the mind of the person who wrote it? Here’s a collection of those! http://weirdfortunecookies.com/ -via Dump Trumpet
After the ceremonial first dance, this wedding couple also had their ceremonial “first lightsaber duel†at the reception. Push play or go to YouTube.
NASA has unveiled the new James Webb Space Telescope that will replace the Hubble Telescope in 2013. The full-scale model is on display at the Smithsonian Institute. Link to news story. Link to website. -via Metafilter
The Yoshida Brothers make the Japanese shamisen sound like a rock and roll instrument! Push play or go to YouTube. Link to band's website. -via Ursi’s Blog
A dill pickle, marinated in double-strength Kool-Aid for a week. That’s a Kool-Aid pickle, and children of the Mississippi Delta love the sweet and sour taste. Link -via Metafilter
Artist and teacher Hisaharu Motoda created haunting visions of a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, complete with ruined buildings and plants growing through the cracked streets. http://hisaharu-motoda.petit.cc/muscat2/ -via Cynical-C
Gupi the Guinea Pig is a robotic pet that will make few demands on your time. You’ll need to pet him (or he will become skittish) and plug him into his carrot recharger. He makes 30 sounds (more than a regular guinea pig, I suppose), and will learn to interact with other robotic guinea pigs. Link -via Mental Floss
A two-part video featuring the compositions "Terra Aria" and "Concerto Rotondo,†performed by Giovanni Sollima. Directed by Lasse Gjertsen, who worked on this for the past five months. He has commentary at YouTube about how the video was made. Push play or go to YouTube. If you liked this one, see part two. -via J-Walk Blog
Headless Historicals â„¢ are reworked dolls that were inspired by characters throughout history who died in rather horrible ways. Each doll is dressed according to how they might have appeared during the peak of their success, while their bodies display the manner in which they died.
Link -via J-Walk Blog
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