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myampgoesto11:

Breaking The Fifth Wall: A visual essay on human perception by Yo V Cho (post 2 of 5)

odditiesoflife:

Curious History: The Story of the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal

The Two-Headed Boy was born in May 1783 in the village of Mundul Gait in Bengal; his parents were poor farming people. Immediately after the child had been delivered, the midwife, who was terrified by its strange appearance, tried to destroy the infant by throwing it into the fire; he was saved from the flames with burns on one eye and one ear of the upper head. The parents soon realized the possibility of earning money by exhibiting their child in Calcutta, where he attracted much attention. Large crowds gathered to see the Two-Headed Boy and his fame soon spread all over India.

When the boy was four years old and in good general health, his mother left him one day, walking off to the village to fetch water. On her return, her son was dead from the bite of a cobra. Several scientific amateurs made offers to purchase the corpse, but the religious parents did not allow it; instead, they buried their child near the Boopnorain river, outside the city of Tumloch. The grave was later plundered by Mr Dent, the East India Company’s agent for salt in this city. He dissected the putrefied body and kept the skull, which he gave to Captain Buchanan of the same company. The captain brought the skull to England, where he gave it to his friend Everard Home. The skull can still be seen at the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of London.

(via odditiesoflife)

odditiesoflife:

Curious History:  The Anti-Flirt Club

The Anti-Flirt Club was an American club active in Washington, D.C., during the early 1920s. The purpose of the club was to protect young women and girls who received unwelcome attention from men in automobiles and on street corners. The Anti-Flirt Club launched an “Anti-Flirt” week, which began on March 4, 1923.

The club had a series of rules, which were intended as sound and serious advice. These include:

1. Don’t flirt: those who flirt in haste oft repent in leisure.
2. Don’t accept rides from flirting motorists—they don’t invite you in to save you a walk.
3. Don’t use your eyes for ogling—they were made for worthier purposes.
4. Don’t go out with men you don’t know—they may be married, and you may be in for a hair-pulling match.
5. Don’t wink—a flutter of one eye may cause a tear in the other.
6. Don’t smile at flirtatious strangers—save them for people you know.
7. Don’t annex all the men you can get—by flirting with many, you may lose out on the one.
8. Don’t fall for the slick, dandified cake eater—the unpolished gold of a real man is worth more than the gloss of a lounge lizard.
9. Don’t let elderly men with an eye to a flirtation pat you on the shoulder and take a fatherly interest in you. Those are usually the kind who want to forget they are fathers.
10. Don’t ignore the man you are sure of while you flirt with another. When you return to the first one you may find him gone.

(via odditiesoflife)

brutal-drummer:

Haha

cheeseperson:

Karma’s a Bitch. (clipped to polyvore.com)