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Jim Morrison
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Burgfräulein von Strechau, by an unknown artist from the 17th century. The painting hangs in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
The legend (as far as I can determine from the German websites I’ve deciphered with the help of Google Translate) tells that in the late Middle Ages a damsel waited for her lover who left to the Holy Land to fight the infidels. The lady promised that if he did not return she would enter a monastery. Despite her promise, she married another man and when the bride came to the festival her face changed to a skull and devilish figures appeared and pulled her down to hell in front of all the guests.
The legend is derived from a poem.
This is also a good photograph of the painting, via Flickr.
I’ve been looking for this for ages!
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Tom Waits with his dad, photo by Andrew Kent
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Elvis Presley is inducted into the Los Angeles Tribal Council by Chief Wha-Nee-Ota for his ‘constructive portrayal of a man of Indian blood’ in Flaming Star, December 1960 (via Retronaut)
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IT JUST WANTS TO WEAR THE HAT
“NO SON OF MINE IS GONNA WEAR PEOPLE HATS”
you’ve brought great shame on our family
Not in my damn house
OMG
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Alien-looking skeleton poses mystery
(Photo: Sirius via YouTube)
A teensy skeleton with a squashed alienlike head may have earthly origins — but the remains, found in Chile’s Atacama Desert a decade ago, do make for quite a medical mystery.
Is it a hoax? Scientists don’t think so.
(via odditiesoflife)
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(via asianhumps)
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It Means Sweet and Bubbly
In 2005, archivist George Redmonds discovered something surprising among English birth records of the 14th century: a girl named Diot Coke.
She was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1379. Researchers at Britain’s National Archives believe that her first name is a diminutive of Dionisia and her last name a variation of Cook.
