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In Every Chat Room, Sooner or Later, the Question Arises: What the Hell Is It For?

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And This Lovely Dialogue

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Found, for example, an amusing mention of a particular favourite of mine

NB! · Architecture · Art · Humour

The Screaming Sculpture from Jacques Cœur's Palace in Bourges (15th Century) Bears a Striking Resemblance to the Figure in Munch's Painting

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John the Baptist and Jesus in the Wombs of Their Mothers

John the Baptist and Jesus in the wombs of their mothers. The subject is slightly alarming, isn't it? When, in the fifth form, I drew something similar, an infant in the belly with a cigarette, for a school wall newspaper on the dangers of smoking, I was censured

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Centaurs descend from King Ixion, who killed his father-in-law and, by the will of Zeus, lay with a cloud in the likeness of Hera, whence the centaurs were born

Centaurs descend from King Ixion, who killed his father-in-law and, by the will of Zeus, lay with a cloud in the likeness of Hera, whence the centaurs were born. So a scene of acquaintance without nude selfies is doubly allegorical

NB! · Archaeology · Faith · Humour

15th-century tomb of five priests who look like Voldemort

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Tim Roth and Daniel Defoe: There Is Definitely Something There

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The Viewer's Armchair, Invented Long Before Television

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A Typical Sixteenth-Century Medical Kit: A Few Shells, Teeth, an Octopus and, of Course, a Mummy

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I can't put my finger on what exactly bothers me about this Latin crib sheet; perhaps it is that the child's abs are better than mine?

Monarchies · Mores · People · Humour

Queen Victoria and the Fashion for Jewellery Made from Teeth and Hair

Queen Victoria had a strange fondness for teeth. Whether it began when her mother commissioned a gold brooch containing a milk tooth of her eldest daughter, Princess Vicky, or earlier still, the passion grew into an impressive collection of jewellery set with teeth. Among Victoria's best-known pieces