A French comic from 1967 called Valérian et Laureline is an unacknowledged influence on the Star Wars films.
Venice's Cittadini Non Distratti (the undistracted citizens) patrol the streets to LOUDLY call attention to pickpockets: "Attenzione, borseggiatrici! Attenzione, pickpocket!" (via waxy.org)
Miyazaki's Magical Food: An Ode to Anime's Best Cooking Scenes. "Food and eating is so closely associated with family and emotion. It's a really important part of the actual storytelling and scenesetting."
Bonkers story about a newspaper that sniffed out corruption and wrongdoing in a small-town sheriff's department in Oklahoma. One of their headlines flatly declared "Sheriff Regularly Breaking Law Now".
Words from Hell: Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology. "Dirty-minded word nerds and lewd linguistics lovers will derive unadulterated pleasure in leering at the origins of swear words, sexual lingo, inappropriate idioms..." (via nancyfriedman.typepad.com)
When did people stop being drunk all the time? Up until the Industrial Revolution, alcohol accounted for "around a quarter to close to half of the calories in their diet".
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