Monday, May 05, 2025

Miss Cellania's Links

An Old Typewriter Turned Out to Be a Priceless One-of-a-kind.

The raccoons who made computer magazine ads great. (via Nag on the Lake)

Rat wine connoisseurs. Researchers successfully trained rats to distinguish between two varieties of wine: Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. (via Strange Company)

Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know.' So much for the oath of office. (via Fark)

Semi-Truck Spills $800K in Dimes Causing Unfathomably Annoying Cleanup. (via reddit)

What Exactly Is Cool Whip? For decades, it claimed to be nondairy, but that label is complicated.

Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests. Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love. (via kottke)

In Praise of Infrequent Cleaning.

What was food like before the FDA? Formaldehyde, brick dust, lead, and borax once made grocery shopping a minefield. (via Damn Interesting)



4 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Those raccoons are ADORABLE!

Anonymous said...

Really good stuff today, Miss C! I remember those crazy raccoons well.

Mark said...

Are you doing anything special for square day?

Anonymous said...

Ahh, the pre-FDA days. The cheeto's dream. Back when gov't regs didn't stand in the way of poor businessmen making money.