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The pandemic of 1918-1919

More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351.

Remembered by Molly Billings.

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'Whom eats fire, shits sparks.'
Pieter Brueghel the Elder

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'Wie vuur eet, schijt vonken.'
Pieter Breugel de Oude

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Makoto Nakamura

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Borsch


I've pick this one up in Bulgaria. Presuming I had a tomato soup, the taste was pretty unusual and too my great surprise it was a beetroot soup. One of the only things I didn't like at all, probably due to childhood traumatisms with vinegar soaked beetroots.

Like many great ancestral dishes there's nothing like the original Borsch. When it's made by a local grandmother it's always the real stuff and if it's done by you or me it'll never be.

Borsch is a typical Ukrainian winter soup, the Russians made it their own and for our benifit spread it wherever they went. Being the dish of the commoners, meat was often a luxurious ingredient, if you like to put some meat in the brew you're more then welcome to do so, in some regions they even used to add mushrooms as a meat surrogate. However, I'll try to bring you a poor man's pre-Columbian Borsch, without meat, tomatoes and potatoes. With modern blending technology nevertheless.



What you need

• A dozen of beetroots (about 1kg)


• Vegetable oil


• 2 onions


• 2 carrots


• 2 cloves of garlic


• 1 parsley root


• 1 green cabbage


• 2 bay leaves


• Salt & Pepper


• 2 litters of water


• 2 tablespoons of vinegar


• 1 tablespoon of sugar


• Some sour cream and dill

• If you don't have pre-peeled beetroots start by boiling and skinning them. You might want to put on gloves or rub some oil on your hands to prevent them from turning purple.


• Chop all the vegetables up, never mind the way you cut them up for we'll pass everything through a blender at the end.


• Fry the chopped onions, carrots, parsley root and garlic on a medium heat until the onion start to colour, then add the chopped cabbage, beetroots and bay leaves.


• Season with salt and pepper and let it simmer for 5 minutes on a low fire while you stir the mixture from time to time.


• Add the water, vinegar and sugar. Let it come to a boil and put it on a low fire for 15minutes.


• Season to taste, take the bay leaves out and pass the lot through a blender to obtain a smooth creamy mixture.


• Maybe you'll have a bit too much Borsch, but that's no problem. You can freeze some for later on and it's such a nice dish that it'll be gone before you notice.


• To serve reheat gently the borsch, then top each bowl with a tablespoon of sour cream and sprinkle some dill on top.

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All nude teen stick figures.

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Brainwaves

When rats are exposed to 2 daily hours of microwave radiation from GSM cellphones during fifty days, their brains show significant blood vessel leakage, as well as areas of shrunken, damaged neurons.

Once brought you, meanwhile offlined, by Popular Science. Nevertheless, because of absence of resources necessary to research and answers kept online.

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'If there is only one creator who made the tiger and the lamb, the cheetah and the gazelle, what is he playing at? Is he a sadist who enjoys spectator blood sports?'
Richard Dawkins

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& why ain't it and on my radio?


Listen to the web and catch them if you can.

Enjoy Úlpa.

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The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

During vivid spiritual experiences, Russell Russell (1871-1963) had seen everything in the universe, from the atom to outer space. Russell not only portrayed his visions in paintings, he also learned science. He was so far ahead that in 1926 he predicted tritium, deuterium, neptunium, plutonium and other elements.

Remembered by The University of Science and Philosophy.

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Why there are Cyclops in South Africa

Unlike most Zulus believe, cyclop lambs are not an act of bestiality, nor an act of a god.

According to InfoVets the most common cause for Cyclop Lambs is when a pregnant ewe consumes false hellebore, skunk cabbage (Veratrum californicum).

Brought you by the Independent Online.

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Have you own power station, Scooter included.

After 10 years of research and development, Josef Zeitler from Speinshart in Germany, the owner of Independent Energy Systems (INENSY), has developed the first Hydrogen filled 2 stroke-engine scooter with technical approval from the German TÜV.

AQWON's top speed is about 50 km/h (31mph), the power is 2,6 kWh and the weight is minimal. This is the same as a petrol/oil 2 stroke scooter.

The whole system works on solar power and water to produce hydrogen for your own use and there is no extra maintenance service required.

Everything is included in the price of 5.600Euro, which is cheap for a hydrogen powered zero-emission-scooter.

Brought you by AQWON.

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'Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.'
Aristophanes

Eternalise your friends by Skulls Unlimited.

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Sketches beyond sanity.

'Why don't we do it on the road' brings back sweet memories. Ah ... to be young again and kickstart the 8-track in mother's car with my toes to play this song while doing it on the road

Brought you by Olde English.

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& why ain't it and on my radio?


Listen to the web and catch them if you can.

Enjoy Kimono.

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Poorly Drawn Animals

Created by Joshua Hale Fialkov.

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The lost art of keeping a secret.

Most of the folks working up Chrysler's crop of new show cars for 2004 weren't let in on it and the press didn't catch wind of it until it drove onto the stage.

Brought you by Chrysler.

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Alex K. Rubin predicts: 'By the year 2150, over 50% of schools in the USA or Western Europe will require classes in defending against robot attacks.'

More predictions to be found at Long Bets.

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'A mule doesn't bumb into the same stone twice.'
A Flemish saying

Some more Donkey Business

'Een ezel stoot zich geen twee keer aan dezelfde steen.'
Een Vlaams gezegde

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In future, there will be no need for aquarium lights, fluorescent fish will provide their very own lightshow.

Engineered by GloFish.

Despite the wonders provided by science, it does feel good to have a good old mamma watching over you.

Brought you by MADGE.

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& no wonder it ain't on my radio?

Listen to the web or read all about it (The Japan Times, BBC).

Nihon Break Kogyo's song splashed onto one of the Japan's most influential music charts. It is the first time a "shaka", or corporate anthem, has made the charts.

Brought you by Nihon Break Kogyo.

The lyrics have an enormous impact. Maybe this song is more radical and aggressive than songs created by mediocre punk rock bands.

Translation:
Break alright Break alright Now we're ready for your town
Dismantle away Dismantle away The just one rule we'll obey
Conclusion of the duration is comin'up, Concrete is losin' its unity
There are the delayers of buildin' our peaceful days Break'em out!
NIHON BREAK KOGYO Smashin' steel ball Da Da Da
NIHON BU-RE-I-KU KOGYO Chemical anchor bolt driven to beat&wave the hardest rock!!
Any houses! Any bridges! And any towers can't stop us in any way!
Going ahead! Going ahead! NIHON BU-RE-I-KU KOGYO

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Strangers in Paradise

Created by Terry Moore.

I don't know why but I do
Dream of you.
Losing you
I dream of you.
I don't know why but I do
Think of you.
Though we're through
I think of you.

Is it the same way for you?
Doesn't hi and goodbye sound so cruel?
How can I take my heart from you?
Even even though I'm losing you,
I still dream of you.
I dream of you.

I don't know why but you still
Give me chills.
Through your faults and pills
You still give me chills.
Is it the same way for you?
Doesn't hi and goodbye sound so cruel?
How can I take my heart from you?
When even though I'm losing you
I still dream of you.
I dream of you.

© 1997 Terry Moore

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A Trip To The Moon

Remembered by The Greatest Films,
Silent Thrills and many others.