1. This is Japan’s Answer to Playboy magazine: weekly animal themed erotica!
Find more on the Casual Archivist, found via Present & Correct.
2. Not Dolls’ Clothes: a bridal “catalogue” crafted by an Armenian seamstress in the 1930s
Uncovering a 19th-Century Textile Treasure at the British Museum…
Originally catalogued in 1934 as dolls’ clothing, this extraordinary collection was later recognized as a complete 19th-century Armenian bridal trousseau—an exceptionally rare and well-preserved example of wedding traditions, textile artistry, and ornamental design from Armenian diasporic communities. Comprising 87 miniature garments, this trousseau functioned as a sample collection for wealthy brides, showcasing the technical mastery of Armenian seamstresses and the rich intercultural exchange between Iranian Armenian and Georgian Armenian traditions.
Housed in an ornate fabric-lined wooden wedding chest, the trousseau contains 84 meticulously crafted pieces in luxurious silks and fine textiles. The garments exemplify the highest standards of Armenian textile production, featuring exquisite color combinations, intricate embroidery, and refined tailoring that reflect the sophisticated taste of urban Armenian elites.
3. Looney Tunes Backgrounds
An entire instagram account dedicated to Looney Tunes without Looney Tunes.
4. The Art of Martín Ramírez, a self-taught artist who spent most of his adult life institutionalized in California mental hospitals
View more of his art at the Folk Museum.
5. The Real Science Experiments that Inspired Frankenstein
6. The Mexican Lapdog, an extinct dog breed that measured only 18 cm (7.1 in) from the snout to the base of the tail as an adult
The Mexican lapdog was the smallest of all dog breeds, being nearly identical in size to a guinea pig. One English writer and naturalist stated that the breed was smaller than even toy dogs in shop windows, and that its small size would have caused doubt as to its existence if a specimen did not exist in the British Museum. The puppies were roughly the size of hamsters, and taxidermists of the Victorian era often mounted Mexican lapdog puppies to display their small size. One such puppy, purchased in Liverpool in 1843, was kept in a glass case in the British Museum for many years. This puppy was 8 centimetres (3.1 in) tall at the shoulders. The taxidermy puppy is now kept at the Natural History Museum at Tring, and is one of the museum’s oldest specimens.
Found on Wikipedia.
7. Insults from literary greats such as Oscar Wilde and Jane Austen that pack so much more punch
Found here.
8. A look at 40 years of Rembrandt self-portraits
“Rembrandt documented his face as it aged through time, from the fresh-faced playfulness of youth to his careworn old age.” He did about 100 self-portraits in total.
Read the article on The Collector.
9. Zooming in on Elizabethan and Stuart embroideries
Found on Pinterest.
10. The Navy built a 300-foot ice cream barge in WW2 that made 10 gallons every 7 minutes to boost morale in the Pacific
Found on Wikipedia.
11. Recipes from the Kitchen of Georgia O’Keeffe
Found on Open Culture. More about Georgia O’Keeffe and how she lived Deliciously Alone in the Wild, Wild West.
12. Also, this excellent egg hack
13. The Victorian “Two Penny Hangover”: How the term “hungover” originated
At one of the first homeless shelters in London, for two pennies a night people could sleep resting over a rope (they were forbidden from lying down). It was called the “two-penny-hangover” and it may likely be where the term “hungover” originates from.
Full article found on Historic UK.