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Showing posts with label ww2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ww2. Show all posts

Bat Bombs

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Here's a ten minute video about America's experiment with bat bombs in World War II. Wikipedia explains: Bat bombs were bomb-shaped...

Disney's World War II mascots

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This site features a few dozen of Disney's World War II mascots. I used some of them to create the widescreen wallpaper you see above....

Link roundup

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1. I love when artists sketch their roleplaying characters. 2. Serious Eats gave McDonald's new oatmeal a terrible review. 3. Colle...

Anatomy of a goldfish cracker (link roundup)

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Anatomy of a Goldfish Cracker by Jason Freeny , who has art on sale here . And a few more links: 1. " Viva la Resolution ." 2. U...

Retro futuristic items (link roundup)

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Hi-tech phonograph and armband radio from this Worth 1000 contest . And a few more links: 1. Dead bees were quarantined in Australia and un...

Rocky Balboa was a G.I. Joe character (link roundup)

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Rocky Balboa was ( very briefly ) a G.I. Joe character. And a few more links: 1. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons costumes circa 1983. Via ...

When Mickey Mouse invaded Japan

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Circa 1936 or so, a cartoon propaganda film featuring Mickey Mouse invading Japan with an army of machine gun-tongued snakes, only to be def...

WW2 propaganda posters...in Lego

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Lego WW2 propaganda image by Tim. Image by appius95. Via . *Previously: Photos of the American Merchant Mariners’ Memorial in New York . ...

Underwater graveyard (link roundup)

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Underwater graveyard ad by Bruketa&Zinic OM for a group fighting to protect the oceans. And a few more links: 1. Turkey intends to b...

Downloadable Patapon masks (link roundup)

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Download these Patapon masks here . Via . And a few more links: 1. Photos of the American Merchant Mariners’ Memorial in New York, design...

Video of some truly impressive trompe l'oeil (link roundup)

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This video shows the creation of some really incredible trompe l'oeil pavement art by Edgar Muller - - it's supposed to depict a ne...

Remains of the Enterprise found in middle of the Pacific Ocean

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This image, which looks like a recently exhumed flying saucer isn't photoshopped. It's called The Cactus Dome, but you'll have ...

There was an all-women Soviet bomber regiment called the Night Witches

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A Soviet all-woman bomber regiment was nicknamed the " Night Witches " (Nachthexen) by the Germans. The Night Witches flew 23,000...

When Corey Rich was 13, a teacher noticed that he had very capable biceps.

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"When Corey Rich was 13, a teacher noticed that he had very capable biceps." Best sentence I read today - - it's the first se...

Big thumbs up for Neal Stephenson's version of Harry Potter

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Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" is terrific. Anathem is basically Harry Potter, as written for adults, with "Erasmus" a...

Walt Disney Goes To War

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The Hollywood Animation Archive has posted an article from Life Magazine about Disney's efforts to help America during World War II. Pi...

Japanese WWII Propaganda Poster

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Ship smashing samurai poster found here and on sale here . Via . *Previously: North Korea propaganda posters . * Buy propaganda poster col...

Cinematic war moment

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From the obituary of Roger Hall: One of his favorite OSS stories involved a colleague sent to occupied France to destroy a seemingly impenet...

Airboy desktop wallpaper

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A cropped version of one of several Air Fighters comics covers found here . * Find vintage pulp magazines at eBay .

The Greatest Manhunt of World War II

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"How a black soldier killed an officer, disappeared into the Burmese jungle, and joined a tribe of headhunters." Slate has a slid...