Miss Cellania's Blog Posts
The New York Times has an infographic on the wealthiest Americans in history. The fortune of each is adjusted for inflation into 2007 dollars. The rankings are based on wealth as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product. Only two are alive today, and although many were born relatively rich, only one made the list soley by inherited wealth. Link -via Reddit
A phenomenal exhibition of strength, flexibility, and balance. These performances were recorded during the 2006 world championships of Sports Acrobatics in Portugal. The music is from Cirque du Soleil. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Metafilter
This enormous graph plots every NBA player who played between 1979 and 2007 by their stats. The Y-axis shows points per game, and the X-axis ranks the total of other stats. You can zoom in, although it may be a slow load. I looked at the top right corner and zoomed in on, no surprise, M. Jordan. Link to graph. Link to a detailed explanation. -via The Presurfer and Metafilter
Subtitled “The story behind the face on the bottle,†this article at Modern Drunkard Magazine has the stories behind Johnny Walker’s striding man, the Captain Morgan pirate, the Bacardi bat, and more. Link -via Dump Trumpet
This Indian commercial takes a grim subject (the plight of widows) and turns it on its ear. The result is surprisingly funny. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Ectoplasmosis
The hungry geeks at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have constructed some circuit boards out of sweets and posted the instructions for you. None of the components required the use of the Candyfab 4000, which means you can replicate them in your own kitchen. Link
59-year-old Bao Xishun, the world’s tallest man, married 29-year-old Xia Shujuan in a public wedding ceremony that lasted hours and was witnessed by around 2,000 people. The two were legally married in March, but wanted a traditional Mongolian ceremony. The costs were picked up by at least 15 commercial entities. Link (with lots of photos) -via Arbroath
Photographer Helga Steppan sorted her belongings by color and took pictures. They are part of an exhibit called “Be long a part†in London. http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/helga-steppan-be-long-a-part/ -via Dump Trumpet
Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash
The Onion News Network reports on why the internet crashed. It would be a bit embarassing to be responsible for something like this, wouldn’t it? Push play or go to The Onion. -via Grow-A-Brain
Former Sony technician Kouzi Ichigaya has designed an air-conditioned shirt! This shirt has two small fans at waist level to blow air around the inside. Provide the power by connecting to a USB port, car cigarette lighter, or a battery pack. Link For sale here. -via the Presurfer
Cecilia Burman has prosopagnosia, commonly known as “face-blindness.†She wrote Face Blindness and Stones to illustrate what this condition is like, comparing her difficulty in facial recognition to the way a normal person would have trouble telling one stone from another, and some of the coping mechanisms she uses. http://www.prosopagnosia.com/main/stones/index.asp -via Reddit
A report from Ankara, Turkey. No, it wasn’t a woman driver looking for a parking place. The car apparently went off a bridge overhead and landed on the balcony. Push play or go to Live Leak. -via Arbroath
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