Bizarre Miscellanea

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The 1953 BIC mobile on the Tour de France

In 1953, the coachbuilder Augereau made the first vehicle-shaped pen. Made entirely of sheet metal and Plexiglas, this Renault 2.5T is a pen whose cap was put to the back so as to expose the BIC tip and allowing the driver to see the road. On the sides two horizontal pens are real swords - it would be impossible to accept this today for security reasons.

Finally four pens are rife on each side of the main cabin and support the brand name. The lighting which is integrated in them makes the vehicle even more visible at night!

(via overblog)

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[themacabrenbold]

This curious item at @NPGLondon features an image of King Charles and twelve painted sheets of thin mica which depict different stages of Charles route to execution. The sheets on the right are placed over the image of the king

Here are two moment from the sheets - the king before trial behind bars and the executioner raising the king’s head with the axe in his other hand. The king’s body in red is below

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ca. 1650-1699

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Marian Martin - Dance With the Devil

Marian Martin played a dancer named ‘Pinky Lee’ in the 1943 film, ‘Lady of Burlesque’ which was based on the novel ‘The G-String Murders’ written by strip tease queen Gypsy Rose Lee. Marian Martin herself was not a burlesque performer.

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[medievalistsnet]

Top 10 Strangest Deaths in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net

Our list of unusual and strange deaths during the Middle Ages, including being bitten by a severed head and falling out of the Tower of Lond

Medievalists.net

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[lux-vitae]

The Studio Wall by Adolph von Menzel (1872)

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[the1920sinpictures]

1923 Cartier Egyptian Revival fan brooch with sapphires, diamonds, onyx and enamel mounted in platinum and gold, using an Egyptian Steatite Placque from circa 600 B.C.!! It is inscribed with hieroglyphics. From Art Deco, Avant Garde and Modernism, FB.

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[classifiedhumanity]

March 8th, 1912

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[cuties-in-codices]

monks, angel, devils, and a chair

in a miscellany manuscript, alsace, ca. 1430

source: Paris, BNF, ms. allem. 222, fol. 120r-122r

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[vintageeveryday]

In Goldfield, Nevada there is a grave for an unknown man who died eating library paste in 1908. Read more of the story here...

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[bookoffixedstars]

Cotabato limestone burial jars lids, Philippines, around 500 A.D. Scary face with arms holding jar down and shocked face with arms holding jar closed. Ayala Museum, Makati, Philippines.

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