Good one!

omg. serpent and the rainbow is one of the scariest movies ive ever seen.

Animals in space
Soviet space dogs

Fun, quick video on the oddities of the US-Canada border, which includes reference to the above.

cool video, thanks for sharing.

enough of a map nerd that I assume part of my afternoon is gone as I google "interesting map videos"

that was cool

Just what I needed. Another thread to help me waste away the day.

That guy's videos are fascinating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippen

This is a pretty famous case that I'm surprised more people don't know about it. Dr. Crippen was convicted of murdering his wife (though recent DNA evidence is challenging that) and his wiki pic is super creepy.

What was most interesting was his Atlantic Voyage before he got caught. The entire world was glued to their newspapers reading about his every move while he, and the other passengers (save the Captain and a select few of his crew) were oblivious for the voyage.

Outstanding book written by Larsen (Devil in the White City author) about him if anyone is interested I would highly recommend it.

Here is an article on protein folding, the process that goes on continually in every cell of your body, and what can go wrong when a protein misfolds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_folding

Here's a related link to Folding@Home, the world's largest distributed computing project.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home

Congratulations goes to Alan C. Lawhon for having 2p2's slowest pony.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI@home

Seti@home, distributed computing search for extra-terrestrial life.

that protein folding link was far too advanced for this thread imo

nah good stuff

With the holiday season in mind: Gävle goat

Pretty great timeline.

SETI is a waste of time and resources.

Upon the boringish christmas forerun I picked some of my dad's Josh White records and was surprised by a. how great they are b. his interesting bio with notable ties to the Roosevelts (the president of that name the 2nd time around during WW2).
Not your typical entry to this thread but w/e;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_White


One of the bigger mysteries of the last century which prolly came up itt before:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event


Merry Christmas y'all

Not wiki but cool article

http://firsttoknow.com/8-unsolved-mysteries-world/

I assume you mean well, but I regret having spent eighteen seconds reading that dribble before realizing that it was ALL crap, and not just the first couple of stories.

^ cannot be overstated wow

ha was it really that bad? I mean, it is a fact that crowley, hubbard, and parsons were all into the occult and did weird **** at that dam... anyway this thread needed to be revived

I beat you. I didn't even glance at the third one.

Good bump anyway. This is one of the best threads.

Not sure how well known this is outside of Italy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_of_Florence

Further reading - the book that this article basically advertises is a pretty engrossing read.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...orence/304981/

The English wiki piece on the Monster of Florence is pretty bad, the Italian wiki version is much more detailed and accurate.


No it isn't, Preston is an utter fraud who tried to frame an innocent man for being Italy's most infamous serial killer in order to get a juicy movie deal with George Clooney. He landed himself in hot water over this in Italy and has had an axe to grind with the prosecutor who caught him ever since, hence his lying and riddled with inaccuracies book.
His co-author Mario Spezi was recently found guilty of slandering & defaming the head of the Monster of Florence taskforce, detective Michele Giuttari in a civil trial and had to pay damages, due to the advertised book.
http://www.theweek.co.uk/europe/5841...crucified-girl
The real story of the Monster of Florence is far more complex and Preston and Spezi are sleazy charlatan low lives who used the victims of the Monster of Florence as part of a sleazy smear campaign.

I was originally taken in by the book too to clarify, it's what prompted me to research the Monster of Florence case and trust me, Preston is an utter liar. In another interview with the Atlantic, he refers to the prosecutor as "A sincere man and an honest incorruptible judge".
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...erer/304997/2/

It's Giuttari who Preston regards as the bad guy in this interview, yet in his book, it suddenly becomes the prosecutor, Mignini. Preston's a total fraud as is his co-author Spezi.