Vesuvius erupts again; dragon bones
1972 “To what extent is staring an aggressive stimulus in human interactions? A group of psychologists at Stanford University had confederates stand at street corners and stare at people who were waiting for the traffic light to change to green. People who realized they were being stared at crossed the intersection faster than people who were not being stared at. The discovery opens up some interesting lines of research.
The spectacular fireball that consumed the LZ 129 Hindenburg on May 6, 1937, effectively ended the age of airship travel.“The volcano of Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, in Italy, has lately broken out with violent eruptions of lava, completely destroying some of the mountain villages. The lava streams advanced at the rate of three fifths of a mile per hour. Lightning darted incessantly from the summit, and the quakings of the mountain were violent and frequent.
Vesuvius has erupted many times since it consumed Pompei in C.E. 79. Its most recent significant eruption was in 1944.“Among the remains discovered last year in Kansas by Professor [Othniel Charles] Marsh and party were bones of the flying dragon. Marsh judges that the dragons must have measured, from tip to tip of their extended wings, some twenty feet.”Exploding Pills
“Some pills prescribed by a physician in England contained one half grain nitrate of silver, one sixth grain nux vomica [a tree extract], and one half grain muriate of morphine, together with conserve of roses and extract of gentian [an herb]. They exploded in a very short time, evolving a considerable amount of heat. A similar case occurred in the practice of Dr.
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