Cool Obscure Facts

While I disagree with Seattle being the best coffee city solely because Starbucks started there, the rest of this graphic is pretty cool.

Chinese urinal 1830-1850 Container; Medical ceramic: hard paste porcelain, underglaze cobalt enamel, overglaze black enamel, iron slip Historical Deerfield

I originally published this Veteran’s Day/Remembrance Day post 2 years ago. Figure it could use a re-run, especially as this Remembrance Day is 11-11-11-11.  ——————— The Red Poppy is the symbol of Remembrance Day, 11 November. Remembrance Day was started in 1919 as Armistice Day, to honor the end of The Great War. The War to End Wars.Which came to…

From:  http://gogd.Tjs-labs’ Dick’s Swell Coffee Eight O’Clock Coffee is still sold in grocery stores in the US, I think. I am going to have to go buy some JUST BECAUSE of this ad. In fact, I want to believe that men secretly gather together and drink coffee from full china/silver…

Whoever wrote this, you clearly have perfectly correct insight into the Susannes of the world and, on our behalf, I would like to offer you a bouquet of virtual cupcakes.

Who hasn’t wanted to sing a song about coffee? The original scan was blurry, so this is the best I could do, but those of you who can read sheet music can at least hum or play the melody even if the words are difficult to decipher.

If you think of Guy Fawkes, you probably think of this mask. You might think of a man “who died for what he believed in.” (per Fawkes from Fallout 3) You might not realize his fame comes from, as Wikipedia puts it, “a failed conspiracy by a group of provincial…

Okay. You may or may not be aware of this movement to replace Halloween with JesusWeen. What is particularly laughable about this campaign, other than the rather unfortunate-sounding name, is the fact that clearly the organizers have no idea what the Hallo in Halloween means: It’s from hallows. As in saints….