Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Miss Cellania's Links

The Ghosts of Japanese School Toilets. The urban legends make up an entire genre.

The Scariest Haunted Attractions In The Country. Big-budget horror productions use the science of fear to give you an adrenaline rush.

A History of Ghosts on Film. Not movies with special effects, but attempts to film evidence of real ghosts, starting with Thomas Edison.

A New Type of Northern Light has Been Discovered. They named it Steve, because we have to call it something. (via TYWKIWDBI)

The Mid-Century Supper Club Revives Kooky Retro Recipes. Their potluck meetings are a trip back to the 1950s.

Should You Be Allowed to Sell Your Kidney? Medical and ethical experts give us their opinions.

In another example of how humans will turn any activity into a competition, behold the competitive world of singing birds. Bird owners spend years teaching their birds to improve upon what nature gave them. (via Boing Boing)

The sociological explanation for why men in America turn to gun violence.

The Scandalous Witch Hunt That Poisoned 17th-Century France.

The Haunted Bones of the Fighting Fairy Woman. (via Strange Company)

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