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• <i>My Neighbor Totoro</i> Donut
• Antique Guillotine Toy from the French Revolution
• Now THAT is a Bad Day
• Under Batman's Mask
• Our Foot is Home to 200 Species of Fungus
• Pork-Stuffed Pig Bread
• LEGO Head ZipBin Toy Tote and Playmat
• How to Make Whoopie Pies for Dogs
• Super Marzipanio
• Whale Made out of Whaleboats
• <i>Avengers</i> and <i>Transformers</i> Puggles
• The Sugar Lab
• How Does a Baby Giraffe Sleep?
• The Wheel House
• 10 Brands That Will Disappear in 2014
• If Game of Thrones Were Set in the 80s
• A Single Image That Continues to Haunt
• Communicate Effectively With Your Father Breath Spray
• A Memorial Day Memory: Love From the Pacific Theater
• The Medal of Honor
• Pot Infused Bacon
• A Train Runs Through It
• World's Largest Pizza Delivery
• Protip: Don't Butt Dial the Cops While Breaking Into a Car
• San Francisco Through the Periscope of a Submarine

<i>My Neighbor Totoro</i> Donut Posted: 28 May 2013 04:00 AM PDT Shh! Wait quietly and we may meet the keeper of the donuts. Psycho Donuts made this Totoro with a chocolate covered raspberry filled chocolate donut. Link

Antique Guillotine Toy from the French Revolution Posted: 28 May 2013 03:00 AM PDT A toy guillotine could be morbidly funny in modern times, but this toy dates back to 1794, during the Reign of Terror phase of the French Revolution. 50 Watts quotes Karl Grober's book Children's Toys of Bygone Days: A History of Playthings of All Peoples from Prehistoric Times to the XIXth Century: The worst monstrosity of the kind was the outcome of the French Revolution, which indeed was over-rich in aberrations of taste. The toy shops put on the market little guillotines with which little patriots could behead figures of aristocrats. There still survive some specimens of this pretty and diverting machine, of which one bears the date 1794 [above]. These were not models but pure toys; and in proof of this we have king's evidence from one whom we should never suspect of wishing to give so bloodthirsty a toy to his little son. This was no other than Goethe. In December, 1793, he asks his mother in Frankfurt to get him such a toy guillotine for his son August; and in her reply he certainly got some home-truths. In her decisive manner she wrote to him by return post: 'Dear Son, Anything I can do to please you is gladly done and gives me joy;--but to buy such an infamous implement of murder--that I will not do at any price. If I had authority, the maker should be put in the stocks and I would have the machine publicly burnt by the common executioner. What! Let the young play with anything so horrible,--place in their hands for their diversion murder and blood-shedding? No, that will never do!" Link -via The Oddment Emporium

Now THAT is a Bad Day Posted: 28 May 2013 02:00 AM PDT Having a bad day? Not compared to this scooter guy, you're not! Watch till the very end, mmkay? Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Arbroath

Under Batman's Mask Posted: 28 May 2013 01:00 AM PDT Forget the League of Shadows, Batman has joined the League of Eye Shadow, and found it fabulous! From the fertile mind of Anna Stiffler of Chaos Life, here's something you don't know about the Dark Knight: Link - via Pleated Jeans

Our Foot is Home to 200 Species of Fungus Posted: 28 May 2013 12:00 AM PDT There's a fungus among us - actually, scratch that - there are many more fungi living on our body. More then 200 different species in our feet alone: In the first study of its kind, a US team catalogued the different groups of fungi living on the body in healthy adults. A team led by the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, sequenced the DNA of fungi living on the skin at 14 different body areas in 10 healthy adults. Samples were taken from the ear canal, between the eyebrows, the back of the head, behind the ear, the heel, toenails, between the toes, forearm, back, groin, nostrils, chest, palm, and the crook of the elbow. The data reveal that fungal richness varies across the body. The most complex fungal habitat is the heel, home to about 80 types of fungi. The researchers found about 60 types in toenail clippings and 40 types in swabs between the toes. Link

Pork-Stuffed Pig Bread Posted: 27 May 2013 11:00 PM PDT The best thing about pigs is that they're made of pork. The chef behind the blog Golosolandia has improved upon this design. These little pig-shaped loaves of bread are filled with pancetta, bacon and chorizo--all products of that wonderful, magical animal. Link (Translation) -via Tasteologie

LEGO Head ZipBin Toy Tote and Playmat Posted: 27 May 2013 10:00 PM PDT LEGO Head ZipBin Toy Tote and Playmat Do you wish more toys were both fun and functional? So do we. Meet the LEGO Head ZipBin Toy Tote and Playmat from the NeatoShop. This fantastic toy storage tote acts as a storage and carrying case for LEGO bricks. Unzip the bottom of the tote to reveal a great playmat with a printed surface. When done playing just turn the mat back into a tote and store the bricks.   Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great LEGO items.  Link

How to Make Whoopie Pies for Dogs Posted: 27 May 2013 10:00 PM PDT Hannah Kaminsky's 16-year old dog has dental problems, so hard treats are a bad idea. These whoopie pies are a clever alternative. She made them with flour, carob powder (a chocolate substitute), potatoes and pumpkin. You can find her full recipe at the link. Link -via Tasteologie

Super Marzipanio Posted: 27 May 2013 09:00 PM PDT Get it? It's Mario made out of marzipan! Espen Vestre even made it pixelated for that old school effect. The on which Mario rests was for her son's confirmation celebration. Link -via it8bit

Whale Made out of Whaleboats Posted: 27 May 2013 08:00 PM PDT British artist David Kemp likes making new art from old materials, such as dogs made of boots. In remembrance of Cornwall's great fishing tradition, he made this sculpture of a whale out of two old whaleboats. Link -via DudeCraft

<i>Avengers</i> and <i>Transformers</i> Puggles Posted: 27 May 2013 07:00 PM PDT Cally makes plushes--a lot of them. She has a wide assortment of Marvel characters, Gundams and an apparently exhaustive collection of Transformers. Cally calls her creations puggles, a word that is unfamiliar to me in this context but totally fits. Link -via Crafting the Marvel Universe

The Sugar Lab Posted: 27 May 2013 06:00 PM PDT 3D printing has never looked so good! With their background in architecture and penchant for complex geometries, Kyle and Liz von Hasseln of The Sugar Lab have come up with a way to 3D print sugar sculptures.

How Does a Baby Giraffe Sleep? Posted: 27 May 2013 05:00 PM PDT Duh! With its eyes closed, of course! Take a look at these cute photos of baby giraffes sleeping, using their own bodies as pillows for their heads, courtesy of their loooong necks (except the last one, whose head I think plopped to the ground in the sleep). Next question: Do they wake up with a giant crick in their necks? (Images: Imgur - via Lost at E Minor)

The Wheel House Posted: 27 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT A rolling stone gathers no moss, but a rolling house will definitely gather audience. The Wheel House by UK's Acrojou Circus Theater features a live performance of two acrobats as they live in a unique circular house - complete with bookcase, pots and pans, and other household accoutrements - rolling slowly on a straight path to nowhere. Have wheel house, will travel: Link - via My Modern Met

10 Brands That Will Disappear in 2014 Posted: 27 May 2013 03:00 PM PDT Is your favorite brand amongst the ones shown above? Prepare to say goodbye to them, if 24/7 Wall St. editor Douglas A. McIntyre's prediction is correct. Each year, 24/7 Wall St. identifies 10 important brands sold in America that we predict will disappear before 2014. This year’s list reflects the brutally competitive nature of certain industries and the importance of not falling behind in efficiency, innovation or financing. [...] We continue to use the same methodology in deciding which brands will disappear. The major criteria include: Declining sales and losses; Disclosures by the parent of the brand that it might go out of business; Rising costs that are unlikely to be recouped through higher prices; Companies that are sold; Companies that go into bankruptcy; Companies that have lost the great majority of their customers; and Operations with withering market share. Each brand on the list suffers from one or more of these problems. Each of the 10 will be gone, based on our definitions, within 18 months. Read the list and Douglas' analysis over at 24/7 Wall St: Link

If Game of Thrones Were Set in the 80s Posted: 27 May 2013 02:00 PM PDT Jon Snow and Joffrey Baratheon Daenerys Targaryen and Jaime Lannister What if the Game of Thrones were set in the late 80s and early 90s? What if the swords, bows, spears, and armors were replaced with NES guns, baseball bats and track suits? graphic designer Mike Wrobel (Moshi-Kun) asked himself. The results are these fantastic remakes of Game of Thrones characters: Link - via Laughing Squid

A Single Image That Continues to Haunt Posted: 27 May 2013 01:00 PM PDT In 2005, Jim Sheeler wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about the return of 24-year-old 2nd Lt. James J. Cathey from Iraq. Cathey's coffin was delivered to his pregnant wife by American Airlines, escorted by a Marine who was his friend since boot camp. Todd Heisler of the Rocky Mountain News also won a Pulitzer for his photo series covering Cathey's homecoming and funeral.  The photograph that sticks with us is the one of Katherine Cathey sleeping beside her husband's body one last time, as a Marine keeps watch the night before the funeral. It is the one and only photo that makes me cry each time I see it. What brings the tears to my eyes is not just the bereaved young woman, but the Marine who stands behind her. In an earlier photo in the series, we see him building her a little nest of blankets on the air mattress. Sweet Lord, I cry just typing the words, the matter-of-fact tenderness is so overwhelming. So soldierly. But in this photo — the one that lives on and on online — he merely stands next to the coffin, watching over her. It is impossible to be unmoved by the juxtaposition of the eternal stone-faced warrior and the disheveled modern military wife-turned-widow, him rigid in his dress uniform, her on the floor in her blanket nest, wearing glasses and a baggy T-shirt, him nearly concealed by shadow while the pale blue light from the computer screen illuminates her like God’s own grace. These are the stories and images that bring home the real cost of war, and the real reason we have Memorial Day. Link Previously: The Finale Salute

Communicate Effectively With Your Father Breath Spray Posted: 27 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT Communicate Effectively With Your Father Breath Spray Don't see eye to eye with dear old Dad? This Father's Day give the gift of communication with the Communicate Effectively With Your Father Breath Spray from the NeatoShop. This spearmint-flavored breath spray makes a great gag gab gift. Laughter is the best medicine.  Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Personal Care items.  Link

A Memorial Day Memory: Love From the Pacific Theater Posted: 27 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT Jack Fogarty served with the Army’s 98th Evacuation Hospital in the Pacific in World War II. He was also a pretty good artist. Fogarty also corresponded with his good friend John MacDonald's wife, and illustrated the envelopes with scenes of her husband's daily life. The men, and MacDonald's wife Mary, remained friends for the rest of their lives. After her parents died, Meg MacDonald found 33 of those letters and donated them to the National Postal Museum. Fogarty, now 92, was interviewed about the letters. I’ve always drawn—all my life I’ve had a talent to paint. I had another dear friend from high school, a cartoonist, and he and I exchanged letters when we both joined the service. He would illustrate his envelopes, so I would do the same. That started it. Then when I was in the South Pacific Islands in World War II, John started a weekly bulletin just for the 217 men in the evacuation hospital. He did the editorials, and I did the artwork on a mimeograph machine. That got me doing more illustrations, so I started drawing on the envelopes to Mary. Read about Fogarty's war correspondence and see more illustrations at Smithsonian. Link

The Medal of Honor Posted: 27 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT The following is an article from the book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Salutes the Armed Forces. Often called -in error- the Congressional Medal of Honor, it isn't granted by Congress. The awards are made by the Department of Defense. Congress merely passes the legislation. And sometimes only after a lot of debate. GO NAVY! NAVY 1, ARMY 0 Early in the Civil War, the idea of a medal for valor was proposed to General-in-Chief of the Army Winfield Scott, but the general shot it down because he thought medals were a European affectation. The U.S. Navy had no such objections -and neither did Congress. So when Iowa senator James W. Grimes, chairman of the Naval Committee, introduced a bill on December 9, 1861, to "promote the efficiency of the Navy" by distributing "medals of honor," Congress passed it, authorizing 200 medals "which shall be bestowed upon such petty officers, seamen, landsmen and marines as shall distinguish themselves in by their gallantry in action and other seamanlike qualities during the present war." President Lincoln signed the bill and the Navy Medal of Honor was born. AND ARMY TIES THE SCORE Eventually, of course, the Army decided it wanted in on the act. Massachusetts senator Henry Wilson introduced a bill the following February authorizing "the president to distribute medals to privates in the Army of the United States who shall distinguish themselves in battle." This time, Congress debated the resolution for several months, but on July 12, 1862, passed legislation for the Army Medal of Honor. The act authorized the president to distribute 2,000 medals of honor in the name of Congress to noncommissioned officers and privates who distinguish themselves in action, and for "other soldier-like qualities, during the present insurrection." The Navy medals could be awarded for either combat or non-combat heroism, but Army medals were restricted to combat heroism. With these two acts, Congress created an award that grew in prominence in American history. In March 1863, Congress amended the Army act to make Army officers eligible for the medal, but not officers of the Navy or Marines Corps. The odd arrangement continued until March 3, 1915, when Congress expanded the decoration to include Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard officers. Since then, there have been three more amendments. The amendment of July 9, 1918, provided for military service abroad, and the amendment of July 25, 1963, provided for the inclusion of women. The following is the criteria for awarding the Medal of Honor as of February 25, 1995: The Medal of Honor is awarded by the President, in the name of Congress, to a person who, while a member of the Army, distinguishes himself or herself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party. The deed performed must have been one of personal bravery or self-sacrifice so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the individual above his or her comrades and must have involved risk of life. Incontestable proof of the performance of the service will be exacted and each recommendation for the award of this decoration will be considered on the standard of extraordinary merit. CONGRESS DEMANDS A RECOUNT But back in 1916, Congress began questioning if the 2,635 awards that had been made by that point met with statutory requirements; a board of five officers was created to review the records. Civil War awards raised the most questions because of the huge number. Researchers discovered that the very first Civil war medal awarded went retroactively to Assistant Surgeon Bernard J. D. Irwin for heroic action at Apache Pass, Arizona, on February 13-14, 1861, two months before the Civil war began and 16 months before the legislation for the Army medals had passed. Irwin kept his medal, and so did Private Francis E. Brownell of the 11th New York Fire Zouaves, whose actions on May 24, 1861, actually made him the Civil War's first Army recipient. After completion of its review, the board recommended rescinding 911 medals. This included 864 medals issued to all the men of the 27th Maine Infantry, which the board ruled a clerical error; 29 who served as Lincoln's funeral guard; 12 that appeared to be frivolous; five because they were civilians; and one because of gender. Acting Assistant Surgeon Dr. Mary E. Walker served in battles from the First Bull Run in 1861 to Atlanta in 1864. The Army board rescinded her award in 1917 because she was not a man, though she served near the front lines and was held for four months in a Confederate prison camp. President Jimmy Carter restored Dr. Walker's award in 1977. William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody lost his medal by being a civilian scout and not a soldier, but in 1989 President George H. W. Bush reinstated that award. HONORABLE MEN AND 11-YEAR-OLDS One Medal of Honor went to drummer boy William "Willie" Johnston of Company D, 3rd Vermont Infantry, who received the honor on September 6, 1863, at the age of 13 for acts of heroism during the June 1862 Seven Days' Battles. Born on July 1, 1850, Willie was 11 at the time and the youngest person ever to receive the award. The Army granted 424 awards between 1861 and 1898, when soldiers were fighting American Indians on the frontier. The medal was still being liberally granted during the Spanish-American War. Because much of the action occurred at sea, sailors collected 64 awards, the Marine Corps 15, and the Army 31. The most distinguished personality of the war, Lieutenant Colonel Teddy Roosevelt, never knew he earned the medal because his was awarded posthumously on January 16, 2001. After reexamining the process in 1917, Congress began providing different decorations for lesser acts of heroism. Only 124 Medal of Honor awards were granted during World War I: 95 to the Army, 21 to the Navy, and 8 to the Marine Corps. For extreme valor during the 1918 war-ending offensives in France, five Marines received Medals of Honor from both the Army and the Navy. THE WORLD WARS AND BEYOND During World War I, another group of men served their country in a whole new way, by flying rickety airplanes made of wood, wire, and canvas. They were part of the Army Air Services and in 1917 were not fully appreciated by ground commanders. Still, four flyers received Army Medals of Honor -three of them posthumously. Sole survivor Eddie Rickenbacker had scored 26 victories and became America's top ace. Compared with the 1,198 awards granted during the Civil war, only 464 were authorized during World War II. Among the recipients were First Lieutenant Vernon Baker, whose regiment was the first African-American unit to go into combat in World War II, and Second Lieutenant Van T. Barfoot, a Choctaw Indian from Mississippi who showed "extraordinary heroism, demonstration of magnificent valor, and aggressive determination in the afce of point-blank fire" to inspire his fellow soldiers in the capture of a new position near Carano, Italy in 1944. The Korean War produced 133 recipients and the Vietnam War 246, but then the flow of Medal of Honor awards drastically decreased. Congress authorized only two medals during Somalia, one during Afghanistan, and four during Iraq, all posthumously. To date, 3,467 medals have been awarded to 3,448 individuals, including one for each of the nine unknown soldiers. SOME OF THE PERKS Congress granted a special bonus to all Medal of Honor recipients on April 17, 1916: a $10 monthly lifetime pension at age 65, providing the recipient was honorably discharged. In 1961 Congress reviewed the 1916 law and increased the pension to $100 a month beginning at age 50. It is now $1,000 a month with no age limitation. Medalists can fly worldwide on government aircraft and are entitled, along with their families, to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. THE GODDESS AND THE LADY The 1862 medals for the Army and the Navy were minted as an inverted gold star with the image of Minerva, the Roman goddess of war, surrounded by 34 tiny stars representing the states of the Union. The traditional Army emblem of an eagle held the medal, while the flukes of an anchor held the Navy medal. Both were connected to a ribbon of 13 vertical red and white stripes below a plain blue field. The medals remained exactly as they were first designed until the beginning of the 20th century. Today there are separate Medals of Honor authorized by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The present Army medal consists of a gold star inset with the head of Minerva, surrounded by a wreath, topped by an eagle on a bar inscribed with the word "Valor." The medal is attached by a hook to a light blue moire silk neck band stitched with 13 embossed stars. Congress expected many of the medals to be awarded posthumously, and the count has lately reached 618. The Navy medal is the least changed. The original design has been re-engraved and is no longer flat. It's still held by the flukes of an anchor but the ribbon has been changed to the light blue moire silk neck band like the Army medal. A Coast Guard medal has been authorized but has yet to be designed. A Navy medal of Honor has been given posthumously to the sole Coast Guard recipient, Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro, for heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal. It wasn't until July 6, 1960, that legislation was passed to award a Medal of Honor for the U.S. Air Force, which Congress separated from the Army and made an independent entity in 1947. Instead of Minerva, the Air Force medal displays the head of the Statue of Liberty. The medal is more ornate than the Army or Navy versions; the star is surrounded by a large green wreath and hangs from an adaptation of the thunderbolt from the Air Force coat of arms. AWARDS MADE TO DATE By Conflict Civil War     1522 Indian Campaigns     426 Korea 1871     15 Spanish American     110 Samoa     4 Philippine Insurrection     80 Philippine Outlaws     6 Boxer Rebellion     59 Mexican Campaign     56 Haiti (1915-1934)     8 Dominican Republic     3 World War I     124 Nicaraguan Campaign     2 World War II     464 Korean War     133 Vietnam     246 Somalia     2 Operation Iraqi Freedom     4 Operation Enduring Freedom     6 Peacetime     193 Unknowns     9 [Ed. note: Since this was published in 2009, several more Medals of Honor have been presented. You can find them at the bottom of this page at the Medal of Honor site.] By Branch of Service Army     2404 Navy     746 Marine Corps     297 Air Force     17 Coast Guard     1 POSTSCRIPT: MEDAL OF HONOR STORIES The longest-delayed award to a Medal of Honor recipient went to Army Corporal Andrew Jackson Smith of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the Union's all-black regiments in the Civil war. On November 30, 1864, during a bloody charge on Honey Hill, South Carolina, Smith retrieved the fallen regimental colors and carried them under extreme enemy fire throughout the battle. The Medal of Honor was granted on January 18, 2001, more than 136 years after the action.   General Douglas MacArthur was the oldest Medal of Honor recipient at age 62. The citation was awarded on April 1, 1942, for his heroic defense of the Philippines and his offensive efforts on the Bataan peninsula. Hid father, Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, had earned the Medal during the Civil War, making them the only father and son to have received the award. In January 2002, retired general Joe Foss, 86, a former Marine fighter pilot and one of the most highly decorated U.A. war veterans, was detained at a security checkpoint at the Phoenix, Arizona, airport because he was carrying an item with sharp edges. The sharp object turned out to be the Medal of Honor he had received in 1943 from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The general was on his way to West Point to speak to the sophomore class there -and to show them his medal. After the general had to remove his shoes, tie, and belt three times in three different areas of the airport, he was allowed to board his plane. __________ The article above is reprinted with permission from Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Salutes the Armed Forces. Since 1988, the Bathroom Reader Institute had published a series of popular books containing irresistible bits of trivia and obscure yet fascinating facts. If you like Neatorama, you'll love the Bathroom Reader Institute's books - go ahead and check 'em out!

Pot Infused Bacon Posted: 27 May 2013 10:00 AM PDT When life hands you too much cannabis you make pot infused bacon.  Top Shelf Organics, a medical marijuana grower in Washington State, found themselves with a bit of a dilemma. What should they do with all those leftover stems, roots, and over-sized cannabis leaves? In true cooperative fashion they donated the cannabis waste to Bucking Boar Farm for pig feed. The result was win, win for everyone, but the pig. The pot grower reduced their waste costs, the farmer got free feed, and the consumer got pot infused bacon. The pot infused meat was sold through BB Ranch Meats in Pike Place Market.  The shop sold four pigs in various forms earlier this year, including with pot-infused bacon. The meat "tasted savory," von Schneidau said, adding that he has a small amount leftover that he's using to make into prosciutto. Funny, I thought they would describe the meat as being more mellow.  Lindsay Cohen of KATU has more: Link

A Train Runs Through It Posted: 27 May 2013 09:00 AM PDT A lot of people want to live conveniently close to the train stations, but as you can see from the clip above, there's such a thing as too close for comfort. Case in point, this train track in Hanoi, Vietnam: Every day, at 4pm and 7pm, a train makes its way down a street so narrow that it is just inches from the houses on either side. It passes so close to their front doors that any objects which are kept on the street, such as bicycles, have to be moved to make sure that they do not get hit. Link

World's Largest Pizza Delivery Posted: 27 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT There's no beach out of reach, no mountain too remote for the might of the US military, especially when pizza is involved. Non-profit Pizza 4 Patriots has completed a pizza mission so big that it has made the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest pizza delivery ever. Along with shipping company DHL which donated its services, and Great Kitchens of Illinois which donated the pizzas, the organization delivered the 30,000 pizzas to military service members in Afghanistan. Some were even air dropped to troops in the field. Link

Protip: Don't Butt Dial the Cops While Breaking Into a Car Posted: 27 May 2013 07:00 AM PDT Rule one of stealing a car is: never let your cell phone butt-dial the cops. Here's what happened when a pair of hapless criminals's butt-dialing helped the cops crack the case: The two would be crooks were about to break into a car in Fresno, California when one of the men called 911 from his phone in his pocket. Nathan Teklemariam and Carson Rinehart were about to break into a car when they dialed 911. The dispatcher answered and heard a conversation. Here's some of what he heard: "I just want to smoke weed so bad right now" and "give me the bolt and give me the hammer just in case," all before hearing glass breaking in the background. [..] as the officer searched the car, he found property lifted from the vehicle. That's when the officer finally let them in on their mistake. "We really called 911?" one of the suspects said. "Damn." Link - via HuffPo (Photo: DenisNata/Shutterstock)

San Francisco Through the Periscope of a Submarine Posted: 27 May 2013 06:00 AM PDT Battle stations! U.S.S. Catfish submarine, on maneuver from its post-World War II base in San Diego in 1951, has spotted Alcatraz off the coast of San Francisco and captured the prison island on photo through its periscope. Peter Hartlaub of The Big Event blog over at SF Gate has more photos of San Francisco, as taken by the submarine, probably right before it commenced a Crazy Ivan maneuver: Link - via Holy Kaw

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