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1860: Sara Paambu

Posted on June 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

A dhaman (rat snake) (ptyas mucosus), Tiruchirappalli, ca.1860 (source) In Tamil, the snake’s name is sara paambu.

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1866: Special Providence

Posted on June 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

Preserved specimen of Lonchura pallida pallida [pale-headed munia] from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands (1866). The pale-headed munia is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia. (source)

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2010: Can’t Buy Me Love

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“This research provides the first evidence that money interferes with  people’s  ability  to  savor  positive  emotions  and  experiences.  In  a  large  sample  of  working  adults,  we  found  that  wealthier individuals reported lower savoring ability. Indeed, the negative impact of money … Continue reading →

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1928: What Work Is

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August Sandler: Bricklayer (1928) (source)

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1878: Black Sun

Posted on June 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Étienne Léopold Trouvelot: Total Eclipse of the Sun. Observed July 29, 1878, at Creston, Wyoming Territory. (source)

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1918: Song of the Thunders

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Song of the Thunders Sometimes I go about pitying myself while I am carried by the wind across the sky. —Chippewa (Ojibwe) song from The path on the rainbow, an anthology of songs and chants from the Indians of North … Continue reading →

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1902: Island

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Gustav Klimt: Island in the Attersee (1902)

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3rd Century AD: A Slave Rebellion on Chios

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Athenaeus of Naucratis relates the story of a slave revolt in an early 3rd-century Greek work called the Deipnosophistae. It takes place on the Greek island of Chios, close to what is now Turkey. Athenaeus first explains that, unlike other … Continue reading →

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1939: How to Handle a Bison

Posted on June 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

“A Museum staff member prepares a model diorama for one of the iconic scenes in the Hall of North American Mammals in 1939.” —American Museum of Natural History (source)

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1874: Escaping Criticism

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Pere Borrell del Caso: Escaping Criticism (1874) (source)

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