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<title>Weird Universe</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net</link>
<description>Exploring every aspect of a human and natural cosmos that is not only stranger than we imagine, but stranger than we can imagine</description>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:creator>alex@weirduniverse.net</dc:creator>
<dc:rights>Copyright 2024 Alex Boese, Paul Di Filippo</dc:rights>
<dc:date>2024-05-07T06:52:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<title>Cookin’ With Dr. Pepper</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/cookin_with_dr_pepper</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/cookin_with_dr_pepper#When:08:02:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Take pretty much any recipe. Add Dr. Pepper to it. And then you're "Cookin' With Dr. Pepper". 
 
<a href="https://archive.org/details/cookin-with-dr-pepper/mode/2up">Full text available at the Internet Archive.</a> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/drpepper01.jpg">]]></description>
<dc:subject>Cookbooks,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-07T08:02:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<title>Fresh Air Breathing Device</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/fresh_air_breathing_device</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/fresh_air_breathing_device#When:06:52:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/d3/91/14/0099d3ab44497f/US4320756.pdf" title="">Full patent here.</a> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screenshot_2024-04-28_at_9.55.52 PM_.png" alt="" height="1960" width="1504"> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screenshot_2024-04-28_at_9.55.37 PM_.png" alt="" height="844" width="1172">]]></description>
<dc:subject>Body, Inventions, Patents, Firefighting, Arson, Wildfires, Infernos and Other Conflagrations, Danger, Risk, and Peril, Excrement,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-07T06:52:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title>Making Pigeons Pay</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/making_pigeons_pay</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/making_pigeons_pay#When:08:08:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wendell Levi's book is about how to make make money raising pigeons. Not about getting revenge on them. Though the latter would doubtless be a more interesting book. 
 
<a href="https://archive.org/details/makingpigeonspay0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up">You can read the entire book for free at the Internet Archive.</a> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/pigeons01.jpg"> 
 
Browsing through his book, I learned that squab is the term for pigeon meat. (I'm sure most WU readers knew this already, but it was news to me). I've never eaten squab. Nor can I recall ever seeing it for sale in a supermarket, or on a restaurant menu. But it's readily available online, such as at <a href="https://squab.com">squab.com</a>.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Food, Farming, Books,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-06T08:08:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title>Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 56</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/artwork_khrushchev_probably_would_not_have_liked_56</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/artwork_khrushchev_probably_would_not_have_liked_56#When:06:31:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatol_Petrytsky">The artist's Wikipedia page.</a> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screen_Shot_2023-04-07_at_12.36.14_PM_.png" alt="" height="604" width="428">]]></description>
<dc:subject>Art, Avant Garde, 1920s, Russia,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-06T06:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title>Death by Roses</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/death_by_roses</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/death_by_roses#When:08:11:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aug 1979: Mary A. Koch collapsed and died while at work soon after receiving a bouquet of roses as a wedding anniversary gift from her husband. Medical examiners suspected she had a fatal, allergic reaction to the roses. 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1979roses01.jpg">Detroit Free Press - Aug 30, 1979 
 
While the death from roses was strange enough, it turns out that her mother had died earlier "under similar circumstances." 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1979roses02.jpg">Waterville Morning Sentinel - Sep 1, 1979]]></description>
<dc:subject>Death, 1970s,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-05T08:11:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<title>The Bromo Seltzer Tower</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/the_bromo_seltzer_tower</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/the_bromo_seltzer_tower#When:06:30:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.bromoseltzertower.com/" title="">The building's home page.</a> 
 
<blockquote>The original tower was topped by a 51-foot revolving replica of the blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle, which was illuminated with 596 lights and could be seen 20 miles away. Due to structural concerns, the bottle was removed in 1936. </blockquote> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/999bc20c08610b1b0dd7ef4bdf3dd66e.jpg" alt="" height="800" width="723"> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/BromoSeltzer1.jpg" alt="" height="935" width="600">]]></description>
<dc:subject>Architecture, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Regionalism, Advertising, Twentieth Century,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-05T06:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title>Reconstructing shredded paper money</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/reconstructing_shredded_paper_money</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/reconstructing_shredded_paper_money#When:08:14:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The <a href="https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/about-us/the-hkma-information-centre/">Hong Kong Monetary Authority visitor center</a> sells souvenir glass containers full of shredded paper money. Each container (costing $100 HKD) is advertised as containing 138 complete $1000 HKD banknotes. 
 
Researcher Chunt T. Kong set out to determine whether he could use "computer vision" to reconstruct the shredded banknotes. If he could, this would mean that for an investment of $100 HKD he would be able to reconstruct notes worth $138,000 HKD. 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/shred01.jpg"> 
 
He determined that, yes, in theory the banknotes could be reconstructed. But he encountered a few problems: 
 
First, the souvenir containers often contained far fewer than 138 notes. Some had as few as 20 notes in them. He found stones hidden in some of the containers. This, he complained, was false advertising. He noted, "it appears that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has broken the law." 
 
The second problem: "even though the shredded banknote pieces could construct a complete banknote, the serial number may not have come from the same banknote, and there is a high chance that it could not be exchanged for real money." 
 
He didn't address how all the little pieces would be stuck back together. With scotch tape? 
 
But, of course, it was all just a theoretical exercise. Though he says that, having informed the Hong Kong Monetary Authority visitor center of what he did, they're now no longer selling the shredded money. 
 
More info: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06133">"The possibility of making $138,000 from shredded banknote pieces using computer vision"</a> 
 
via <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234891-500-how-to-make-138000-from-shredded-banknotes-if-youre-in-hong-kong/">New Scientist</a>]]></description>
<dc:subject>Money, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Computers,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-04T08:14:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<title>Crazy Yogi</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/crazy_yogi</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/crazy_yogi#When:06:51:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vT95nuTsfqk?si=-RoJ6c1SPKkZSR06" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screenshot_2024-04-30_at_5.55.53 PM_.png" alt="" height="1916" width="1348">]]></description>
<dc:subject>Animals, Anthropomorphism, Music, Cartoons, 1960s,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-04T06:51:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<title>Miss AI</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/miss_ai</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/miss_ai#When:08:17:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Entries are now being accepted for the world's first "Miss AI" contest. 
 
One of the organizers of the pageant offered the following justification for it: "Considering real beauty pageants are criticised for dehumanising women, lets dodge that bullet by having contestants which aren’t human to begin with!" 
 
More info: <a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/04/25/miss-ai-worlds-first-beauty-contest-with-computer-generated-women">euronews.com</a> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/missai01.jpg"> 
 
The contestants will be judged by a panel that consists of two humans and two AI models. They don't explain how the AI models will make their decision or cast their votes. I assume the human creators of the AI models will be the actual judges. 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/missai04.jpg"> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/missai03.jpg"> 
 
Although this may be the first "Miss AI" contest, it won't be the first computer-generated beauty queen. As we've previously posted, <a href="https://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/miss_formula">back in 1964 engineers at California Computer Products unveiled "Miss Formula,"</a> whom they described as "a computer's idea of how the perfect female should look." 
 
While the technology has advanced, the basic idea remains the same. 
 
<img src="https://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2022/1964formula01.jpg">Tampa Tribune - July 31, 1964]]></description>
<dc:subject>Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-03T08:17:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title>The 1967 Human Be-In</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/the_1967_human_be_in</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/the_1967_human_be_in#When:06:33:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b1D5V5U6eKE?si=trAsxgzgEByb0-9z" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> 
 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Be-In" title="">The Wikipedia entry.</a> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screenshot_2024-05-01_at_6.27.57 PM_.png" alt="" height="136" width="628"> 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/img_55.jpg" alt="" height="290" width="819">]]></description>
<dc:subject>Ceremonies, Drugs, Parades and Festivals, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-03T06:33:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title>Firmatron Facial</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/firmatron_facial</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/firmatron_facial#When:08:17:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA["literally shocks your age away" 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1960firma01.jpg">"A model is given a 'Firmatron' facial by an operator wearing special gloves to transmit electrical impulses to facial nerves." New York Journal-American - Dec 2, 1960 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1960firma03.jpg">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 28, 1961 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1960firma02.jpg">Chicago Tribune - Apr 9, 1961]]></description>
<dc:subject>Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Inventions, 1960s,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-02T08:17:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title>Blindfolded Sewing</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/blindfolded_sewing</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/blindfolded_sewing#When:06:34:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Do NOT try this at home! 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screenshot_2024-04-24_at_2.10.06 PM_.png" alt="" height="1880" width="1378">]]></description>
<dc:subject>Domestic, Injuries, 1950s,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-02T06:34:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title>Aspirin-Induced Musical Hallucinations</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/aspirin_induced_musical_hallucinations</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/aspirin_induced_musical_hallucinations#When:08:06:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A 1985 letter in the New England Journal of Medicine reported the unusual case of a 70-year-old woman who kept hearing music playing in her head, particularly the song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." After ruling out other possible causes, her doctor eventually suspected the music might be due to the high doses of aspirin she was taking. And sure enough, when she reduced her aspirin intake, the music stopped. 
 
I would never have thought that aspirin could cause musical hallucinations! 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1986aspirin01.jpg">Tampa Bay Times - Apr 2, 1986 
 
The letter itself <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM198509053131020">is behind a paywall</a>, but I was able to find a brief article that the woman's doctor (James R. Allen) wrote about the case in the magazine of the Minnesota Medical Association. 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/music01.jpg"> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/music02.jpg"> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/music03.jpg">Minnesota Medicine - Nov 2008]]></description>
<dc:subject>Medicine, Music, Psychology,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-01T08:06:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title>Mystery Gadget 110</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/mystery_gadget_110</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/mystery_gadget_110#When:06:32:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What is the purpose of this machine? 
<a href="https://www.asprs.org/wp-content/uploads/pers/1971journal/sep/1971_sep_939-947.pdf">The answer is here.</a> 
 
Or after the jump. 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screen_Shot_2023-02-14_at_8.23.43_PM_.png" alt="" height="712" width="583">]]></description>
<dc:subject>Technology, 1920s,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-05-01T06:32:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title>Baseball blown foul</title>
<link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/baseball_blown_foul</link>
<guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/baseball_blown_foul#When:08:22:00Z</guid>
<description><![CDATA[May 1981: an infamous moment in baseball history — when Lenny Randle made a ball foul by blowing on it. 
 
Randle later swore he simply yelled at the ball, but in the video it sure looks like he's blowing on it. However, I have a hard time believing he was able to blow on it hard enough to alter its course. I suspect it would have ended up foul without his assistance. 
 
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JLroDoPFdWY?si=_-oXwlE6pN9ZVCHn" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> 
 
<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1981foul01.jpg">Spokesman Review - May 29, 1981]]></description>
<dc:subject>Sports, 1980s,></dc:subject>
<dc:date>2024-04-30T08:22:00+00:00</dc:date>
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