August 2010
129 posts
“A Russian cosmonaut once experienced tooth pain after dreaming of a dental...”
– How can the trapped Chilean miners keep from getting depressed? - By Brian Palmer - Slate Magazine
“Zulfiya is a “spitter” (tüshkirushi). All Kazak healers expectorate...”
– Muslim Turkistan: Kazak Religion and Collective Memory, by Bruce Privratsky
“Jeffrey P. Dennis said in the journal article “The Same Thing We Do Every...”
– Ren and Stimpy (characters) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Hunkerin’ (Hunkering) is where a person sits on the balls of their feet....”
– Hunkerin’ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The mountains of the [Kyrgyz] republic are the only places where the snow...”
– How to catch a snow leopard, from a 1984 Soviet travel book on Kyrgyzstan
“The polyphonic lute and fiddle style of Anatolia described by Laurence Picken...”
– “Kirgiz Instrumental Music” by Mark Slobin
“According to the stolen body hypothesis, the body of Jesus Christ was stolen...”
– Stolen body hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The Swoon Hypothesis refers to a number of theories that aim to explain the...”
– Swoon hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“K-I-S-S-I-N-G” is the (assumed) name of a playground song or taunt. It...”
– K-I-S-S-I-N-G - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“What we now know as a ‘sandbox’ was previously called a ‘sand...”
– playscapes: A Brief History of the Sandbox
“Swings, slides and seesaws are so 20th century, an antiquated approach to child...”
– A Newfangled Sandbox Arrives (Check Out the Canals) - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
“The Walls of Benin City is the world’s largest man-made structure.[5] Fred...”
– Walls of Benin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Nikita Khrushchev’s shoe-banging incident happened during the 902nd...”
– Shoe-banging incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Postmodern picture books are a specific genre of picture books. Characteristics...”
– Postmodern picture book - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The term “hierophany” (from the Greek roots “ἱερός”...”
– Hierophany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Unimpressive child drummers on the official North Korean YouTube channel (Yes, North Korea has a YouTube channel…)
“While it is generally considered against actors’ unions’—such...”
– Walla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The use of rhubarb stems as food is a relatively recent innovation, first...”
– Rhubarb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Juana Maria (died October 18, 1853), better known to history as “The Lone...”
– Juana Maria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“In religion, Abrahamic religion is the designation used for monotheistic faiths...”
– Abrahamic religions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Recorded from 1803 with uncertain origin, but possibly a euphemism for Holy...”
– holy mackerel - Wiktionary
“Although traditionally associated with cold weather nations, the Winter Olympics...”
– Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Fuelled by grass, the Mongol empire could be described as solar-powered; it was...”
– Annals of History: Invaders : The New Yorker
“The American film actor Steven Seagal, while already an adult, was recognized by...”
– Tulku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 