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more about #historylessons logruszed: Drinking gold: Well it's no more stupid than not getting inoculations for your kids. more » tiredfairy: A friend of my mother's takes gold for depression. My mom came to me about it, presumably wondering if she should try it. I told her that it wasn't a ... more » BytheSea: Hay, I watched that House ep about the gold poisoning last night! The one that starts with the play-rape. she was putting it in her husband's cornflak... more » Le Kangourou de Kataroo: Please tell me Hope Solo's parents were biiiiig Star Wars fans. more » rixatrix: For $500, I can have a painful facial that celebrities may or may not like, but it may be beneficial? For $5, I can get a facewash with 2% Salicylic ... more » LikeChai: I've got that exact same top that Diane de Poitiers is wearing. Funny how some things never go out of fashion. And when I say things, I mean tits. more » phantom lady: Well Professor Wotton smarty pants. do you know what else science has proven can't fly? bumble bees. and yet, they do. so there. more » MissMollyKate: Katy, are you really surprised that "apparently, that's all it takes to win the hearts of German viewers"? Does "David Hasselhoff" mean nothing to you? more » LaComtesse: I like to think that Diane de Poitiers died by ingesting poison that Catherine de Medici, Henri's wife and mother of his 10 children (and a personal h... more » zu_zu: I love that the Florida Dept of Transportation had a sense of humor about the Zombie Attack!! more » deuteragonist: Wow. The exclusion of women's ski jumping is utter bullshit. If hurling your body into the sky shouldn't be contested at the Olympics, I don't know wh... more » Ailatan: There is a joke about goldiggers and archeologists out there... more » Algernon: While the woman in the silk chiffon with bare breasts is striking. Anyone care to explain what is going on with the woman in the background? Is she... more » Tippi Hedren: Sure, gold will keep you young and pretty, but Goldschlager will keep you from caring one way or the other. more » Bitingpika: If some doctor came out with The Gold Diet: Harness the Power of the Sun for Younger, Thinner You it would be all over Good Morning America. more » Atomic Bowling: Ok, so this is probably way too personal of info, but I just have to say it - somehow, I just don't feel so bad anymore about how I could never get a ... more » rdVark: Arg. Sadly yesterday my (male) roommate told me something that makes this a lot less funny. While he was at work he overheard his male colleagues talk... more » Flackette Goes Retro: The mention of Kentucky at the end made me simultaneously recoil and laugh. For the record, we don't repress women more than any other socially conser... more » Rare Affinity: I disagree about the corsets. I tend to wear mine almost every day and far from making me feel meek and mild, I feel as if I am wearing body armour. M... more » morninggloria: Just this morning, I was thinking about how some men don't really want human companionship; they just want the equivalent of a domesticated sex dog wi... more » -
#leftovers
Archeologists Find 16th Century Golden Girl • Female Ski Jumpers Lose Bid To Compete In Vancouver
• French experts believe Diane de Poitiers, mistress of 16th-century king, Henry II, was killed by her desire to stay youthful. Forensic experts found evidence of chronic gold intoxication - meaning she probably drank gold in attempts to stay pretty. More » -
#onionrings
Domesticating Women: Funny, Too Close For Comfort
"A valuable commodity with seemingly endless uses, the woman has played a crucial role throughout human history...disobedience on the part of women was not taken lightly; physical punishments and restrictive harnesses were often employed to curb any independent behavior." [TheOnion] -
#historylessons
Of Human Bondage
A new book explores the ancient city of Cahokia, which lay along the Mississippi. Along with elaborate infrastructure, archeologists have uncovered evidence of large-scale human sacrifice, including two prominent men surrounded by the sacrificed corpses of 53 "lower-status women." [Salon] -
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"I Learned Color Doesn't Matter, And The Senate Is Really Important"
A Girl Scout troop from Louisiana took a day trip to listen in on Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, financed by the sales of their famous cookies. "This is history," said troop leader Virginia Castle. "We are sitting in on history." [DoubleX] -
