Monthly Archives: February 2016

Hilarious House of Frightenstein -The Best Of Children’s TV

Posted on February 29, 2016 by hystoria.ca

Hilarious House of Frightenstein – the very best children’s television show that ever was.

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Das Triadische Ballet – Bauhaus (1921 – 1929)

Posted on February 22, 2016 by hystoria.ca

Das Triadische Ballet (The Triadic Ballet) is an Oskar Schlemmer’s creation – a symphonic dance, divided into three parts – a trinity, which evolve from the hilarity to the gloomy. Oskar Schlemmer (September 4, 1888 – April 13, 1943) was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, The Joy of Musik, Wartime | Tagged Bauhaus, choreography, costume, dance, Das Triadische Ballet, David Bowie, geometry, Germany, Marilyn Manson, Mechanical Animals, Oskar Schlemmer, pantomime, The Triadic Ballet, theatre | Leave a comment

POSTMORTEM – The Pattern of Hypostasis

Posted on February 14, 2016 by hystoria.ca

Cessation of circulation and loss of muscle tone after death allows blood within vessels to ‘settle under gravity’, producing a pink/ purple colour in those areas of the body that are lowest, or ‘dependent’. In a body lying on its … Continue reading →

Posted in Death & Culture, Medical Arts & Science | Tagged cessation of circulation, Fechner, forensic pathology, hypostasis, hypostatic discolouration, petechiae, postmortem | Leave a comment

Mr Potter’s Museum of Curiosities

Posted on February 12, 2016 by hystoria.ca

Mr. Potter’s museum had over 10,000 stuffed animals which included a tableaux of: “…a rats’ den being raided by the local police rats … [a] village school … featuring 48 little rabbits busy writing on tiny slates, while the … Continue reading →

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Mouse Killed by 150-Year-Old Trap in English Museum Display

Posted on February 7, 2016 by hystoria.ca

A mouse was apparently killed by a 150-year-old trap inside a museum display in the United Kingdom, officials said. Staff at the Museum of Rural Life in Reading, England got an email saying that a dead mouse was found in … Continue reading →

Posted in Inventions, Relics & Artifacts | Tagged machine, mouse trap, Museum of Rural Life in Reading, England, perpetual, UK, United Kingdom | Leave a comment

Listen To The Earliest Known Piano

Posted on February 5, 2016 by hystoria.ca

The earliest known surviving piano was created by Italian inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731). It is kept within the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with two other existing creations of Cristofori. He … Continue reading →

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Forensic Toxicology – With I. Keränen

Posted on February 4, 2016 by hystoria.ca

As a practicing forensic pathologist in a busy office, I am confronted every week with a stack of toxicology reports from my cases. Most are simple to interpret—the multiple GSW with (inconsequential) trace cocaine; the slam-dunk OD with a needle … Continue reading →

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Our Fancy – Red Skelton & Vincent Price in “Freddie’s Masterpiece”

Posted on February 4, 2016 by hystoria.ca

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The Wonderful World of Girly Shows

Posted on February 3, 2016 by hystoria.ca

When word the circus was coming to town spread, people of all ages became anxious knowing wolf-faced boys and a 3-legged lady would be making an appearance. Wives would become agitated knowing their husbands were smitten with the idea of visiting the … Continue reading →

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Documentary – Guys & Dolls: Men Who Prefer Life-like Dolls Over Real-life Women

Posted on February 1, 2016 by hystoria.ca

In the 2008 movie “Lars and the Real Girl” Ryan Gosling plays a man who introduces a life sized doll as his girlfriend and takes her everywhere, eventually gaining the town’s acceptance. A year before that movie put so-called “real … Continue reading →

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