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Azure standard in Napoleon's dressing room at Rambouillet resembles the flag of Kazakhstan
I recalled Napoleon's lavatory in the Château de Rambouillet, which he rebuilt for his own needs and restored after the ravages of the Revolution. Today the palace is used for the highest affairs of state. The interiors are beautiful. And in the lavatory, with its medallion by Jean
NB! · Observations · Nature · Humour
Good morning, and may your day be as joyful as this eighteenth-century sea lion
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The Sculptures of Santa Maria della Vita, When Someone Coughed in the Next Carriage of the Metro
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I am hinting at nothing, but in the coronation photograph of George VI with his wife and daughters, which announced his monarchical course of unity and devotion to family values, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret wore crowns from Burger King
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Germany and Russia
Germany and Russia. And Poland between them, naturally; how could it be otherwise. One date I have prudently blurred out, simply because I am not sure whether, where we are, mentioning it nowadays merely lands one in prison or has already progressed to the firing squad.
Art · Museums · Observations · Humour
A Tea Service for Parents
A tea service for parents. A teapot inscribed "Tulip: pride and ingratitude" and a matching cup inscribed "Jasmine: chastity", in the display case of Russian porcelain at the Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts. Might I trouble you to top up my chastity with a little boiling
Observations · People · Humour
Can we agree that the American swimmer and twenty-three-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps, upon receiving his thirteenth gold medal back in 2016, broke the absolute Olympic record of the ancient Greek athlete Leonidas…
Can we agree that the American swimmer and twenty-three-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps, upon receiving his thirteenth gold medal back in 2016, broke the absolute Olympic record of the ancient Greek athlete Leonidas of Rhodes, who over four Olympic Games (164 to 152 BC) emerged the victor twelve
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Are You Quite Sure You're the Traffic Police Chief?
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Congratulations to all forty-year-olds on the birthday of Carl Jung, who reassuringly declared that life truly begins only at forty; until then you are merely conducting research
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When You Grasp the Futility of Being on a Monday Morning on the Metro
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Winged creature in a detail of a painting by Hieronymus Bosch
A winged creature waits for you to open the window with no mosquito net. Hieronymus Bosch