This walnut shell contains sewing necessities that were in circulation in France in the 18th and 19th centuries and a book “Value and Constancy,” a Parisian almanac for the year 1823. It slips out of its slot and can be read as its owner sews.

This walnut shell contains sewing necessities that were in circulation in France in the 18th and 19th centuries and a book “Value and Constancy,” a Parisian almanac for the year 1823. It slips out of its slot and can be read as its owner sews.

u/CrippledStripper — 5 hours ago

Pluto Lamps were first demonstrated at the Great Exhibition of 1897. They included an automatic machine that could dispense a gallon of hot water, or a halfpennies worth of beef tea essence, cocoa, milk, sugar, tea or coffee.

u/CrippledStripper — 1 day ago
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Preacher Marjoe Gortner (his name was a combination of Mary and Joseph) as a child and also later in life. Gortner scammed believers for years, then exposed the grift in a fascinating documentary, he then swapped pulpits for B-movies.

u/CrippledStripper — 3 days ago