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| Posted: 11 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT
WHERE THERE’S SMOKE, THERE’S FIREIt should have been a perfect murder. In 1850, Count Hyppolyte de Bocarmé and his wife, Countess Lydie, had a plan to kill her brother for his money. Their weapon: nicotine. But the plan was more involved than providing him with smokes and hoping he’d get emphysema; nicotine, it turns out, is a spectacularly lethal plant alkaloid. Ingesting as little as 30 milligrams of pure nicotine will kill an adult. And for murder, the drug was just the right poison for its time—mid-19th-century scientists had no idea how to detect plant poisons in corpses. Working from his estate in southern Belgium, the count converted an old laundry into a lab, where he claimed to be mixing up perfumes. In actuality, he was extracting nicotine from tobacco leaves. When the countess’s wealthy brother came to visit, the count and his wife served up a poisoned dinner and attributed his death to stroke. But the servants, unnerved by the count’s strange lab experiments, sensed that something was amiss. They contacted the police, who in turn contacted Jean Servais Stas, Belgium’s best chemist. Stas, whose work on atomic weights was essential to the creation of the periodic table, relished the challenge. He spent three months searching for a way to extract nicotine from dead tissue. Finally, he found an exact mixture of acids and solvents to detect the lethal compound. The damning results sealed the case, and the count was sentenced to the guillotine. The countess, claiming she’d been forced to participate, escaped charges. Today, the murderous couple is long forgotten, but the crime they committed is remembered for changing forensics—and ending nicotine’s run as the perfect murder weapon. A HONEY OF A WEAPONPompey the Great’s soldiers were bone tired. For most of 65 BCE, Roman legions marched around the southern edge of the Black Sea as they battled the local ruler, Mithridates VI of Pontus. Then, something magical happened: The exhausted troops discovered a stockpile of honeycombs strewn across their path, and they fell upon the sticky treats like hungry bears.
But the local honey packed a toxic punch. Within a few hours, the troops began staggering blindly and falling to the ground. Mithridates’s supporters, who had planted the honeycombs along the soldiers’ route, promptly appeared and massacred their incapacitated enemies. Pompey lost three squadrons in the skirmish, a defeat he could have avoided had he brushed up on the region’s military history. In a book published almost 400 years earlier, the Greek general Xenophon reported that his men, after feasting on the region’s wild honey, “all went for the nonce quite off their heads.” It wasn’t until centuries later, in 1891, that scientists discovered the cause of “mad honey”: rhododendrons. Bees feeding upon the blossoms take in not only nectar but also a grayanotoxin, a poison that disrupts the signaling ability of nerve cells. The symptoms—nausea, headache, dizziness, loss of muscle control, and unconsciousness—can resemble alcohol poisoning. But Mithridates didn’t need to know how it worked to use the honey as a weapon. His soldiers won the battle, delaying (though not preventing) the eventual takeover. As for the Romans, they never made that particular mistake again. Decades later, the writer Pliny the Elder was still warning of the “pernicious” qualities associated with the Black Sea’s golden honey. AMERICA’S LETHAL COCKTAIL PARTYBy the mid-1920s, the American government was at its wit’s end. The era’s strict Prohibition laws had proved futile. Americans were still drinking; they were just doing so on the sly, frequenting speakeasies and buying alcohol from crime syndicates. Gangs would steal large quantities of industrial alcohol—used for everything from fueling machines to sterilizing instruments—then redistill the hooch to remove impurities before putting it on the market. In its effort to fight back, the Bureau of Prohibition came up with a shocking idea: What if it poisoned the industrial alcohol supply? In 1926, the federal government bought into the idea, issuing regulations that required manufacturers to make industrial alcohol more lethal. The new formulas included mercury salts, benzene, and kerosene, and the results were chilling. Alcohol-related deaths skyrocketed, with officials attributing more than a thousand deaths to the program in its first year alone. People were outraged. “The United States government must be charged with the moral responsibility for the deaths,” said New York City medical examiner Charles Norris, one of the measure’s most outspoken foes. The government held firm on its position even as the body count rose. In New York City, 400 people died the first year. Seven hundred died the next, and the pattern was replicated in cities across the country. Yet Prohibitionists continued to defend the law. The Anti-Saloon League, Norris’s frequent sparring partner, fired back: “Dr. Norris should logically next demand palatable varnish and potable shellac.” Nebraska’s Omaha Bee asked, “Must Uncle Sam guarantee safety for souses?” It took more than 10,000 American deaths and a furious public backlash for the government to quietly end its “chemists’ war.” But it wasn’t until sometime around 1933, when the regulations were phased out quietly, that what Norris had dubbed “our national experiment in extermination” was officially over. THE HEAVY METAL THAT ROCKED AN EMPIREModern cooks could probably find their way around a Roman culina. The kitchens featured an oven of sorts and pots and pans made of metal. One major difference, however: Those utensils packed plenty of lead. Soft, flexible, and wonderfully ubiquitous, lead was used to make Roman pipes, coins, and wine jugs. It was even used in face powders and paints. As historian Jack Lewis notes in EPA Journal, the Romans “thought nothing of washing down platters of lead-seasoned food with gallons of lead-adulterated wine.” The result “was the death by slow poisoning of the greatest empire the world has ever known.” According to one study, two thirds of Roman emperors—from Caligula to Nero—showed symptoms of lead poisoning. Another analysis of bones from Roman cemeteries uncovered lead deposits that measured three times the World Health Organization’s standard for severe lead poisoning. From top to bottom, lead is bad news for the human body: It damages the kidneys and heart, it impairs the production of red blood cells, and it inhibits the growth of bone cells. But it’s also a neurotoxin, disrupting cognitive processing and affecting the regulation of brain cell growth so severely that synapses often fail to form. As a result, some historians believe that the poison eventually compromised not just the brains of Roman emperors but everyone in Rome. Suddenly, Caligula declaring his own divinity, appointing his horse to the Senate, and ordering his soldiers into the ocean to “fight the sea god” makes a little more sense. _______________________
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| Artist Leaves Inspirational Messages for Random Train Passengers Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:00 AM PDT October Jones spends a lot of time on trains. To pass the time, he sometimes draws little cartoons and places them over the heads of other passengers. Other times, he has awkward text message conversations with his dog. Lately, Jones is being more sociable. He wants to encourage people to live satisfied, victorious lives. So he's hiding inspirational cartoons in the seat back trays on the train. Some strangers are going to feel pretty awesome as a result. -via Huffington Post | ||||||||
| Trailer for Sharknado 2: The Second One Posted: 11 Jul 2014 03:00 AM PDT It's here. That whirling wonder of fintastic. Revel in the cinematic magic that is Sharknado 2: The Second One. Will Ted McGinley grace this one with his prime acting chops? Tune in and see. IN A WORLD... | ||||||||
| This Classic Car Pileup Sat In A Belgian Forest For 70 Years Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:00 AM PDT (Image Via Theo van Vliet) Think traffic jams are bad on your way to/from work? In Belgium, traffic jams are so bad one pileup left cars sitting in the same spot for 70 years! Okay, so this isn’t your ordinary traffic jam, these are shots taken at the Chatillon Car Graveyard in Belgium- a final resting place for many classic cars which began piling up some time after World War II and was finally cleared, due to environmental concerns, in 2010: (Image Via Rosanne de Lange) Urban legend has it that these cars were left behind by U.S. soldiers who couldn't ship them home after WWII, but as one commenter pointed out many of these cars weren't made until the 1950s, so it looks like this is a case of passing the blame for an environmental eyesore to those who are no longer around to defend themselves. Personally, I would have been fixing up and driving these mean machines rather than just letting them rot! You can see more eerie images from the Chatillon Car Graveyard over at Bored Panda | ||||||||
| Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:00 AM PDT Troy Dickerson had the presence of mind to attach a GoPro camera to his hat so he could record the birth of his baby when the time came. Then it happened. His wife Kristen said it was time to go to the hospital. She said, “Hurry!” And he kept saying they’re almost there, hold on. Can she hold on? Will they make it to hospital before the baby comes? They sure are cutting it close! -via Viral Viral Videos | ||||||||
| These Photos Were Sold in the U.S. as Shooting Targets Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:00 AM PDT
A few manufacturers have had certain targets banned, such as the photo of the pregnant woman holding a gun pictured above, as well as female mannequin labeled “ex-girlfriend” that bleeds profusely when shot. Read more at Fast Company. Via Beautiful Decay. | ||||||||
| 9 New Pun-nylicious Artwork by Hanksy Posted: 10 Jul 2014 11:00 PM PDT
The graffiti artist/punster Hanksy is at it again. This time, he's traveled far from New York City to put up large posters in cities across North America. Here are a few of his pun-filled new work outside NYC:
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| Posted: 10 Jul 2014 10:00 PM PDT Ben Sansum of Godmanchester, England, has fashioned his life around the 1940s -especially his home, which is completely furnished in the accoutrements of the period. I can certainly understand his feelings about furnishings, because things were built to be beautiful and to last back then. There are some drawbacks, though, like the lack of permanent press clothing and non-stick skillets. Sansum even washes his clothes by hand! I collect antiques, but I wouldn’t want to do without an automatic washer and dryer, and a computer. The rest of the family couldn’t do without TV. But Sansum doesn’t do completely without, either! -via Nag on the Lake | ||||||||
| Giant Worm is Straight from Your Nightmares Posted: 10 Jul 2014 09:00 PM PDT Stilgar, do we have wormsign? Project Noah is a wildlife discussion website. One member named 4840 found this little guy deep in the interior of Ecuador. It's uncertain what it is, but some forum members think that it is a Martiodrilus crassus, which is Latin for "worm which feeds on dogs and small children." -via Geekologie | ||||||||
| Stalker Filing Cabinet Chases People Around Posted: 10 Jul 2014 08:00 PM PDT You just can't get away from paperwork. It follows you around! Jaap de Maat, a graduate student at the Royal College of Art, United Kingdom, created a filing cabinet that follows people around. The art piece, titled I Know What You Did Last Summer, looks like a run-of-the-mill two-drawer gray filing cabinet, but when you approach it, it comes to life ... and starts chasing you! De Maat was inspired to create the stalker filing cabinet to remind people that their online data is basically doing the same thing - just invisibly. "Around the period ... Snowden came out with his bombshell and I was quite shocked people mainly worried about surveillance," de Maat told Wired, "After more research I kind of wanted to make the point not so much people surveying us, but the fact it gets stored forever." "I thought of the example of a lady that wanted to be teacher, but at the end of her course she didn't get a certificate because they'd Googled her and saw pictures of her drunk on the internet. They said that was inappropriate for a teacher. People need to be aware of online storage." After acquiring the filing cabinet, de Maat installed wheels, distance sensors and an Arduino board to enable the cabinet to follow people during its exhibition at the lobby of the RCA building. Check out the video clip: But instead of being disturbed at the fact that their online data is stalking them, people seem to be enjoying the autonomous filing cabinet. "People are having a lot of fun playing with it," de Maat said, "They actually often treat it like a little dog - they stroke it and put food in front of it. They are quite happy and find it funny." View more at Wired - via Flowing Data | ||||||||
| Bizarre And Hilarious Fireworks Packaging Posted: 10 Jul 2014 07:00 PM PDT Fireworks aren’t just for the Fourth of July, many people around the country, particularly those who don’t live in places that are at high risk of fire, enjoy shooting off a bottle rocket or igniting a string of firecrackers every once in a while. Selling fireworks is a year-round business, and one store in Washington State is home to a bunch of fancy fireworks sporting wacky packaging, like this tribute to Patrick Swayze’s finest film: There's even a variety aimed at reality show "stars" and singing show contestants: These wacky packages were photographed by Cabel Sasser, a man who is clearly a connoisseur of funny fireworks package art since he has been documenting his findings on his blog since 2007, and if you dig these examples make sure you visit his site to see many more of his hilarious findings, so you don't end up feeling like this guy: -Via Laughing Squid | ||||||||
| Posted: 10 Jul 2014 06:26 PM PDT For 31 years, redditor Coppin-it-washin-it's parents celebrated their wedding anniversary at a Red Lobster restaurant in Columbia, Missouri. In March, after his dad passed away, his sister decided to keep the tradition alive and took their mom out to the same restaurant for an anniversary meal. The waitress asked if there was a special occasion, and the sister explained the situation:
Instead of a bill, the widow and her daughter got this note that said:
The image has since been deleted, but Red Lobster confirmed the story. "What Taylor, the server, and Chad, the manager on duty, did demosntrates how our teams live Red Lobster's core values of genuine caring and hospitality each day," spokesperson Erica Ettori told NewsChannel 5. "All of us at Red Lobster are truly proud of the Columbia team and appreciate their commitment to making every guest's dining experience a special one. We also extend our wishes to the family who dined with us and look forward to serving them again next year!" | ||||||||
| 53 Facts You Might Not Know about <i>Indiana Jones</i> Posted: 10 Jul 2014 06:00 PM PDT How did the writers come up with the name "Indiana"? That was the name of George Lucas's dog. The lovely Willie Scott was also named after a dog--Steven Spielberg's. These are just 2 of 53 fascinating facts about the Indiana Jones movies rounded up by BuzzFeed's Keely Flaherty. Here are some more:
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| Every Movie Is Better with Batman Posted: 10 Jul 2014 05:00 PM PDT There are good movies. There are even great movies. But every moive--and I do mean every movie--can be improved simply by adding Batman as a character. The blog It's Better with Batman is dedicated to proving that by photoshopping the Dark Knight into famous scenes. See? Just like I said: every movie. But all of us at Neatorama promote an open exchange of ideas, even heretical ones. So if you wish to argue that a movie could not be improved by adding Batman, please state your case in the comments. -via Nerd Approved | ||||||||
| Funny Pictures of the Day - NeatoPicto Jul 10, 2014 Posted: 10 Jul 2014 04:00 PM PDT
Are you ready for some funny pics? We've just posted a ton of neat funny pictures on our LOLpic blog NeatoPicto. Take a look:
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| Odd KFC Selections from Around the World Posted: 10 Jul 2014 03:00 PM PDT You may think of KFC as the same ol', same ol' mess of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and slaw. But in other parts of the world, it's another kind of mess altogether. This video serves up 26 KFC items you probably haven't tried, given that they're only available in some of the 115 countries and territories in which you are not a regular. Bizarre desserts. Empanadas. Shrimp donuts? There's just no end to the fried selections that KFC dishes for their customers. Tempting or terrifying? You decide. Via Viral Viral Videos. | ||||||||
| Posted: 10 Jul 2014 02:00 PM PDT When you are in an authority position, and you find yourself saying, “I think it’s pretty clear what direction we should go.” Stop, and think about how it may not be as clear as it should be. Then again, this is Hollywood we're talking about, so these two executives may be in complete but totally wrong agreement. It’s time for another decent dinosaur movie. This is the latest from Doghouse Diaries. | ||||||||
| Posted: 10 Jul 2014 01:00 PM PDT Jörg Peitzker calls his invention Paleo Barefoots. They’re chainmail running shoes designed specifically for trail use. His argument is that sneakers isolate the runner from the path, providing no feedback and thus increasing the likelihood of joint injury. Running barefoot provides complete feedback, but also puts the runner at risk of stepping on something sharp and painful. Additionally, running barefoot on mud can get slippery. Peitzker thinks that his chainmail shoes provide the right balance between feeling the road and getting injured by it. Chainmail also provides excellent traction. And if you run through mud or water, it’s easy to wash and dry off. Additionally, these shoes provide a +5 armor bonus. -via Fashionably Geek | ||||||||
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| Posted: 10 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT San Francisco police officer Chris Kohrs is getting a taste of internet fame through no fault of his own. Kohrs, from all accounts, is a hard-working, dedicated police officer, good-natured, and an all-around nice guy. Plus, he’s hot.
That picture was shared on Facebook and went viral. Now Kohrs, who didn’t even use Facebook, has a Facebook fan page and plenty of fans. Kohrs only learned of his internet popularity when other cops taped articles about him to the walls at the precinct. Read more about Kohrs and his sudden fame at The Daily Beast. | ||||||||
| Massive Behind-The-Scenes Photo Gallery From Ridley Scott's Alien Posted: 10 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT Imgur member Valaquen recently posted the ultimate collection of behind-the-scenes photos from Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi/horror flick Alien, consisting of 253 pics with many more to come. The photos reveal rarely seen concept art for the film, vehicle models, candid pics of the cast and crew, and costume designs created by Jean “Moebius” Giraud and Ron Cobb: There are also some amazing pics of the late H.R. Giger hard at work on various aspects of the film, from concept art to painting models and costumes: There are also a few shots of Giger putting the finishing touches on a model of the “starpilot”, a ¾ scale model which was sadly destroyed by fire soon after the film’s opening: Valaquen has also posted behind-the-scenes galleries for Aliens, Alien 3, The Terminator and T2, and hopefully he'll continue to share more behind-the-scenes photos with the fans! -Via GeekTyrant | ||||||||
| Posted: 10 Jul 2014 09:30 AM PDT Matt Gilbert got a JackRussell terrier puppy and named him Ralph. Ralph is quite spoiled, as you can see, but he’s adorable, so we can understand. He does as he pleases… right up until he takes one bite too many! -via Daily Picks and Flicks | ||||||||
| People Lying in Seven Days Worth of Their Trash Posted: 10 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT California-based photographer Gregg Segal highlights the issue of how much garbage an individual generates by capturing people and their output of trash per week. The series, entitled “7 Days of Garbage,” purposely shoots a diverse bunch in an attempt to resonate with a big audience. The trash is set on a natural background to juxtapose clashing concepts and highlight the effect refuse could have on nature. Segal said that he hoped the project led people to face how much trash they produce and realize that some of it is excessive and unnecessary. See more of Segal's work at his website and on Facebook. Via Bored Panda.   | ||||||||
| Posted: 10 Jul 2014 08:30 AM PDT W00t! It's time for another contest collaboration with the excellent What Is It? blog. Can you guess what this odd item is? This week, we are looking for funny and clever answers, not the correct one, but if you guess correctly, you'll win our undying respect. If you have one of the two funniest answers, you'll win a T-Shirt from the NeatoShop! Place your guess in the comment section. One guess per comment, though you can enter as many guesses as you'd like. You have until the answer is revealed on the What Is It? Blog tomorrow. Please write your prize selection alongside your guess, so visit the NeatoShop and take a look around. If you don't write your prize selection, then you don't get the prize. I think you'll like the selection of funny t-shirts and science t-shirts -or even t-shirts of your favorite blogs and websites. There are other mystery items, too, at the What Is It? blog. Good luck! | ||||||||
| Trailer For Toby Froud's Short Puppet Film- Lessons Learned Posted: 10 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT If you love the darker works of Jim Henson, such as Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, then you’re probably going to be just as excited as I am to see the new short puppet film Lessons Learned. It was created by Toby Froud, AKA the baby from Labyrinth and son of Brian and Wendy, and Heather B. Henson, Jim’s youngest child and founder of puppet friendly company Ibex Puppetry: The short and ultra mysterious trailer reveals little more than the main characters, a strange talking box, and the fact that it's a new puppet film made by a Froud and a Henson, so you know it's going to be A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Speaking of amazing, here's Toby posing with his two ultra-talented parents Brian and Wendy Froud, the folks (partly) responsible for the overall look of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth: They must be so proud of their talented son, who is continuing the Froud family legacy of creating stylish and imaginative fantasy worlds for fans to enjoy! So far Lessons Learned has only been shown once, as part of the Handmade Puppet Dreams film series, but it's slated to return to the big screen as part of the 2014 Portland Film Festival in August, where it's sure to get lots more love from adoring puppet film fans. -Via Portland Monthly | ||||||||
| Twinkiritos Combine the Best of Chinese and American Cuisine Posted: 10 Jul 2014 07:30 AM PDT The chef behind the food blog Oh, Bite It! thinks that these confections "might be my all-time craziest, mind-blowing mash up EVER!" They're brilliant! She took Twinkies, wrapped them in spring roll pastry sheets, then deep fried them. A bit off powdered sugar added to the visual appeal and texture. May I suggest dipping them in Nutella? -via Incredible Things | ||||||||
| This Is How Visual Effects Made Game of Thrones Season 4 Posted: 10 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT When you watch an episode of Game of Thrones the visual effects don’t really leap out at you or appear too obvious, except for the intro and the dragons of course, but there are a surprisingly large number of visual effects peppered throughout the show, and without those visual effects Game of Thrones just wouldn't look right. This eye popping video from Mackevision, one of the VFX studios responsible for GoT's signature look, is not only incredible to watch and full of visual easter eggs, it will change the way you watch Game of Thrones, making you more aware of how flat the show would look without all the vfx. As someone who has watched all four season of Game of Thrones I didn't really see anything in this video I would consider a spoiler, but if you haven't watched season 4 yet, and you're really afraid of having it spoiled for you, it's probably best you don't watch this video until you''re all caught up! -Via io9 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma Farmer Loses Phone in Grain Elevator, Gets It Back from Japan Posted: 10 Jul 2014 06:30 AM PDT
Kevin Whitney is a farmer in Chickasa, Oklahoma. One day last October, he leaned over a grain elevator while inspecting its interior. His cell phone fell out of his shirt pocket and into a silo containing 280,000 bushels of grain.
Whitney assumed that it was lost. But it wasn't. The phone was going on a long journey down the Arkansas and then Mississippi Rivers until it arrived at a depot in Convent, Louisiana. Then it was loaded onto a ship that passed through the Panama Canal until it arrived in northern Japan. There, another man found the phone and tried to locate its owner. KFOR News reports:
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| The Nineties Are Back In Every Way Posted: 10 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT I don't know about you guys, but I can't stand nineties fashion and seeing it come back into style makes me simultaneously feel bad for and laugh at the teens wearing it. That being said, those stupid inflatable chairs that became so popular back then still hold a special place in my heart. And I can't be the only one, seeing as how designer Fabrice Berrix just made an inflatable version of his classic Mayflower chair. Presumably it will hold up a lot better than those cheap ones that were sold everywhere back in the nineties, but either way, the cute flower design already makes it look nicer. Find out more about the chairs at Homes and Hues: Inflatable Furniture Is Back And Cuter Than Ever | ||||||||
| Amazing Video: A Master Lumberjack Drops a Tree Precisely Where He Wants To Posted: 10 Jul 2014 05:30 AM PDT Any idiot can cut a tree down. A skilled woodcutter can choose the general direction in which it falls. But a master lumberjack can move a tree with surgical precision. Scott of Scott's Tree Service in Randle, Washington is such a lumberjack. The roofs of the two buildings were about 4 feet apart. The tree had to fall through the middle of this narrow channel. Arranging this drop required precise planning:
It worked perfectly:
Watching a skilled craftsman at work is a wonderful experience. In the above video, the tree starts to fall at about 1:05. Be sure to watch Scott's reaction at 1:20. -via American Digest |
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