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Morning Cup of Links: Preserved Body Parts
by Miss Cellania - September 30, 2008 - 2:26 AM
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A privately developed rocket, the Falcon 1 by Space X has made it into space. It passed above the International Space Station on Sunday. With video.
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The 10 Most Famous Preserved Body Parts. Don’t bother looking for Rasputin; he’s not here. (via Look at This)
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The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget. A small gesture can sometimes mean the world to someone who needs it. (via YesButNoButYes)
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12 Greek Words You Should Know. You probably already use them, but do you use them properly?
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The Night the Knickerbocker Theater’s Roof Collapsed. One man’s eyewitness account of a disaster that killed 98 people.
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Wired’s Guide to Green Travel. You can see the world without destroying it -if you plan ahead a little.
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Conjoined twin Abby and Brittany Hensel turn 16. Yes, they had to take the driver’s test twice.
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If you liked Periodic Tableware, you’ll enjoy More Periodic Tableware. The periodic table can be adapted to many purposes besides elements.

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Comments (6)

  1. Got my interest piqued and then the ‘cab ride’ link didn’t work! Don’t leave me hangin’!!

    posted by Michael on 9-30-2008 at 6:16 am

  2. I’m sorry, Michael. The website is completely down. But the story is a popular one, so I found an alternate link.

    posted by Miss Cellania on 9-30-2008 at 6:58 am

  3. I probably have mascara running down my face now after reading that cab story here at work!

    posted by Brittany on 9-30-2008 at 11:16 am

  4. I saw Dan Sickles’ leg when it was still fleshed and floating in preserving fluid. This was about 1970 or so. It was really funky–white and swollen as well as a bit raggedy. Guess it finally got to the state where it had to be just the bones displayed. Much less eerie. It was said that Sickles used to visit his preserved leg every now and then.

    posted by Alice on 9-30-2008 at 1:03 pm

  5. I don’t know why, but I found George Washington’s hair to be infinitely creepy. Even more than Galileo’s finger.

    recaptcha: probyn more

    posted by nikki on 9-30-2008 at 3:28 pm

  6. Not sure if anyone famous is included, but I suppose they’re all famous for the effort of donating their bodies to science. Check out the Body Worlds 2 exhibit (now at the Houston Museum of Natural Science) for some incredible body part preservation!

    posted by Lidiu on 9-30-2008 at 5:28 pm

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