Many people have described this as one of history’s most mysterious paintings. They have described the smile on this woman’s face as “enigmatic” and “curious” and highly erotic. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
As...
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There is something undeniably creepy and alien about the women portrayed in Pablo Picasso's masterpiece, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. He painted this in 1907, though it wasn't shown publicly until nearly a decade later. ...
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From the Book of Cephalopods
Yeah, I speak to you about the evil times to come, and the truth shall be written in the ink of the cephalopods, and many shall wail and weep at its truth.
Lo! In this time there shall be a Contest...
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In ancient India, Unicorns faced an existential crisis. Not the kind where you doubted your role in life, but rather, the kind where your whole species was in danger of being turned into aphrodisiac soup.
Hence, the species...
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Okay, so it’s really just called The Scream, and was painted in 1893. That doesn’t make it any less disturbing though. Here’s how Munch described what inspired it:
I was walking along a path with two friends — the sun was...
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Wikipedia claims the unicorn is a mythological creature, and I call bullshit on that.
The unicorn is not mythological. The kraken is mythological. Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent, is a mythological beast. These are animals that...
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You are walking down the street, minding your own business when a strange vehicle, driven by some kind of diminutive fish pulls up next to you. The vehicle is roughly half your size. You feel a pinprick of pain in...
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It was the best game of zenball ever, and the crowd was wild with excitement: the whisper of butterfly wings was deafening.
The Rotrovra Koan Kangaroos had just scored their first all-in kensho, and the Targenville Half-Lotus...
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LONDON, ONT (Ruetars) — The first schism within the Pastafarian
religion has appeared in Canada, led by the charismatic preacher Dr. Maximilian Tundra.
“Other worshipers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster have claimed that
it is...
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The National Post is running a shadow contest to the annual CBC Canada Reads fest, and they're taking nominations. I'm looking for help from my fellow Londoners to get Marvellous Hairy on the list. Just send them an...
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Someday, thanks to science and human perversity, we will be able to
eat people without suffering the pangs of guilt that we have
contributed to someone’s murder. Sure, we’ll have all the frisson of
the ultimate taboo to spice up...
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