Soap Bubbles and Tallow
This is how you make soap. Put a lot of fat and water in a pot and get the water boiling. As the water boils, the tallow will float to The post Soap Bubbles and Tallow appeared first on Found in Books.
View ArticleHate, Rust and Curse of The Olympics
In ancient Greece, people wrote their strongest curses with nails from shipwrecks, on tablets made of thin sheets of lead or copper. They wrote the first line of the curse The post Hate, Rust and Curse...
View ArticleSeeding Meat
Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs or goats on every deserted island. Thus, on any future visit, the island would be a source The post Seeding Meat appeared first on...
View ArticleA month of books – January, 2012
Every 1st of the month we publish a list of books we’ve read during the previous month, along with star ratings (top possible rating: 5 stars). Enjoy January’s book pile! The post A month of books –...
View ArticleTear Stain Gone
To remove tear stains in a pillow case, mascara or not, dissolve five aspirin in water and daub the stain until it’s gone. Found in: Found something interesting in a The post Tear Stain Gone appeared...
View ArticleA month of books – February, 2012
Every 1st of the month we publish a list of books we’ve read during the previous month, along with star ratings (top possible rating: 5 stars). Enjoy February’s book pile! The post A month of books –...
View ArticleWaltraud Wagner’s Death Pavilion
In 1983, in Vienna, Austria, Waltraud Wagner, a 23 years old nurse’s aide, gave a morphine overdose to an old woman patient who was begging to die. After the woman The post Waltraud Wagner’s Death...
View ArticleSchieffelin and Shakespeare’s Starlings
In 1890, a man called Eugene Schieffelin released 60 Sturnus Vulgaris, the European starling, in New York’s Central Park. Fifty years later, the birds had spread to San Francisco. Today, The post...
View ArticleChuck Palahniuk, Survivor
Having read four of Palahniuk books so far, I pretty much know what to expect. A nihilistic protagonist bent on self-destruction, black humour, memes, tons of miscellaneous facts only somewhat The post...
View ArticleSaturday Quotes: Chuck Palahniuk
Every Saturday we’re publishing a collection of wonderful quotes we’ve read during the previous week. Enjoy this week’s quote pile! To stand here and try to fix her life is The post Saturday Quotes:...
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