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- A Supercut of Buster Keaton’s Daring DIY Stunts–and Keaton’s 5 Rules of Comic Storytelling
As Keaton recalls in the interview accompanying silent movie fan Don McHoull’s edit of some of his most By the time of his first film role in the 1917 Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle vehicle, The Butcher Boy, Keaton methods he steered clear of, from Bob Hope’s wordiness to director Billy Wilder’s deft handling of Some If some serendipitous snafu turned out to be funnier than the intended gag, he put that in instead. Films excerpted at top: Three Ages - Keaton swings from a rope between buildings in one of his earliest
- Christine and Léa Papin: A Tragic Case of Violence and Social Struggle
violence On the evening of February 2, 1933, Madame Lancelin and her adult daughter Geneviève returned home When Monsieur Lancelin came home that evening and found he couldn't get through his own front door, he Benjamin-Joseph Logre, argued for some kind of shared contagion between the sisters and floated several Genet's characters are articulate, self-aware and given to elaborate role-playing games with each other
- Alfred Packer and the Colorado Cannibal Case: Murder, Survival, and One of the West’s Darkest Mysteries
At some point near Provo, Alfred Packer joined them. He offered to come along as a prospector and guide, claiming he knew the Colorado territory well. Some men accepted the obvious wisdom of waiting out the winter or taking the safer river route. Forensic expert Walter Birkbey measures a femur of one of Packer’s comrades (some would say victims) Fibres found within some skull fractures even suggested that some victims may have had blankets over
- That Time The NRA Fought For Tougher Gun Control (When The Black Panthers Had Guns)
Standing defiantly on the statehouse steps, the Panthers issued a bold proclamation: “The time has come The 1967 bill took California down the path to having some of the strictest gun laws in America and helped restricting the importation of cheap Saturday night specials [pocket pistols] that were popular in some Rather than focus on the idea of self-defense in the home, the Black Panthers brazenly took their weapons While some view the amendment to mean that American citizens have inalienable right to guns, focusing
- The Habsburg Jaw: How Centuries of Royal Inbreeding Destroyed an Empire
Marie Antoinette' Habsburg jaw wasn't as pronounced as some of the other royals, but she did have a protruding Yet within his own body was a hint of what was to come. Portraits often show a slight pout, which some contemporary observers described without malice but with Some blamed witchcraft. Álvarez, Ceballos, Quinteiro, The Role of Inbreeding in the Extinction of a European Royal Dynasty, PLoS
- Francis James Mortimer: The Adventurous Eye of Early British Photography
His name might not be as immediately recognisable today as some of his contemporaries, but his contributions He was enlisted to document naval operations, producing some of the most striking wartime imagery of His leadership roles extended to organisations like the London Salon of Photography and the Linked Ring His maritime images remain some of the most evocative ever captured, and his war photography stands as His combination of technical skill, artistic vision, and willingness to take risks resulted in some of
- The Salpêtrière Hospital: The 19th Century Parisian Asylum That Shaped Modern Medicine and Misunderstood Women
Admitted at age fifteen after fleeing an abusive home, Augustine suffered convulsions, paralysis, and Some were grateful for food and safety after years of poverty. Today, remembering them helps us reflect on how far we have come, and how easily we might repeat old
- The Tragedy of Aberfan: The Completely Avoidable Death of 116 children and 28 adults.
Coal heated homes, powered factories, and fuelled ships, but it also scarred the landscape with deep By the 1960s, seven spoil tips loomed over Aberfan, piled high above the homes and the school. Headteacher Ann Jennings decided they would sing it later in the day, just before they went home, as Some teachers thought it was thunder. Mothers gathered around the school steps, some weeping, some silent, some shaking their heads in disbelief
- The Assassination of Leon Trotsky: The Final Blow in Stalin's Vendetta
, a Spanish communist and NKVD agent, killed Trotsky with an ice axe on 20 August 1940 at Trotsky's home directly with Stalin's doctrine of socialism in one country, which argued for consolidating communism at home and his wife Frida Kahlo, and the quiet suburb of Coyoacan became the closest thing to a permanent home He spent the rest of his life shuttling between Cuba and the USSR, and came close to going home to Spain
- The Tibetan Book of Proportions: A Guide to Sacred Art
The answer lies in the role these images play in religious practice. Some figures require even more complexity. Some schools of Tibetan Buddhism, such as the Gelug, Kagyu, and Nyingma, may have slightly different The Role of Artists and Training In traditional Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, artists did not simply
- The Eiffel Tower: From Controversy to Icon – The Opening That Changed Paris Forever
Signed by some of the most prominent figures in the arts and literature, including Guy de Maupassant, During World War I, it played a pivotal role in intercepting enemy communications, thanks to its use history when the world was on the cusp of modernity—a time when science, engineering, and artistry were coming
- Joe Metheny: A Gruesome Saga of Murder, Cannibalism, and a Twisted Quest for Revenge
She did note that he changed after leaving home. Metheny told some investigators he'd killed as many as 13 people. Then I got off and went home as I always did. I put her in some bushes and went and lured the second bitch down there. I cut the meat up and put it in some Tupperware bowls then put it in a freezer.













