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Posts Tagged ‘Misc.’
120th Anniversary:Sacrifice of the ear.
December 23, 1888 Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh cuts off his own left ear, or at least part of the earlobe, after a row with fellow artist and close friend, Paul Gauguin. The incident happened in Arles, where van Gogh was living in a rented studio. The Dutchman, then aged 35, had long suffered repea[...]
Summer Barbecue … German Style
A Wurst-case scenario for the summer Germans love a good barbecue as much as Americans and Australians. Jeff Kavanagh explores a unique grilling culture where the Wurst is the best.[...]
Sunday Revelations: An illegal child is found
Illegal foundings have a big role in American culture … remember Moses? And then, there was that other Jew raised by a good American family …[...]
Crocodiles Climb Trees!
Watch Out Below! Vladimir Dinets, a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee has shown that crocodiles in Australia, Africa and North America can climb trees.[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: God on blasphemy
Take not My name in vain .. Here is My word .. shun the words of those who demean Me by denying My truths as revealed through science. These deniers shall be a called blasphemers and shunned by all who would follow My word. God[...]