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From Popular Mechanics from 1910 comes this advertisement for Nelson's Perpetual Loose-Leaf Encyclopaedia.

But does it burn?

The Egyptians had so many methods of sleeping, and when you consider they had temperatures which were incredible. I mean, ...   more »

Yes, you heard, This is a database of heraldry, basically, but is is interesting how some of the animals are depicted.

The website said so.

One thing I learned about classical Greek writing; the Gods are always angry. It doesn't matter about what. They are angry. You give them dinner. It's not right. You praise them. It's not enough. You make sacrifices. They don't quite meet the requirements. They seem, from all available writing to act like petulant children. Only with beards.

Here are some of the punishments they dished out to those who failed to meet their high standards.

A lot of people mistake this for an excerpt from George Bushs' Talking With the Enemy, about how he managed to get agreement from the Civil Rights Movement on various 'war on terror' legislation.

It is in fact a guide to Medieval torture, so much the same thing, really.

I REALLY wouldn't read this if you have just eaten.