July 2010
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Rare Photographs From Star Wars
Rare, behind the scenes photographs from Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi:
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Rare Photographs From Star Wars
Rare, behind the scenes photographs from Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi:
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Updates To The PBH Network
Sorry for the lack of recent updates, we’ve been busy updating the sites of the PBH network:
PBH3 is now Alligator Sunglasses.
We’ve added Runt of the Web — a similar site to Alligator Sunglasses with more Tumblr features and comment systems — to the PBH network.
All That Is Interesting and PBH2 now have their own domains.
Please check out our new sites and tell us...
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All That Is Interesting Gets It's Own Domain
All Thats Interesting is now All That Is Interesting, with its own domain, all-that-is-interesting.com. The Tumblr address will continue to work, but please use the full domain for future linking. Thanks!
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The Half-Year In Review: 2010's Biggest Loser
This is the second part of the Half Year In Review. See the first part on PBH: 2010 Half Year In Review.
LeLoser Of The Half-Year, LeBron James: You had it all. You were the hometown boy bringing the local team to the cusp of NBA glory and immortality. You were so beloved even President Obama said he was you: “I’m LeBron, baby! I got this.”
But then you quit. You bailed on your Cleveland...
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2010: A (Half) Year In Review
We threw everything at it. Trash, dog hair, “containment domes.” We even called in Kevin Costner’s goofy ping-pong ball machine. But the oil kept on gushing. Only BP’s lies could keep up. BP first reported 210,000 gallons were spurting out a day, if that. The latest estimate is between 1.5 and 2.5 million gallons were leaking into the Gulf. (Or one 1989 Exxon Valdez catastrophe every 4-7...
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How To Always Win At Rock, Paper, Scissors
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How To Always Win At Rock, Paper, Scissors
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Burning The Beatles In America
Before the Beatles began a tour of the United States in 1966, John Lennon declared in an interview that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.” Much was made of the comments, and though the American tour would go on, it would be marked by violence and record burning, especially in the South.
Professor Brian Ward of the University of Manchester says the tour stirred up fears...
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Burning The Beatles In America
Professor Brian Ward of the University of Manchester says the tour stirred up fears and feelings about race relations and had links to the development of the Civil Rights movement:
There are some surprising links between the Beatles and the story of southern race relations and the civil rights movement…
Deejays Tommy Charles and Doug Layton of WAQY in Birmingham - the scene of major civil...
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Native American Photos Re-imagined In Color
Wendelin, a German artist, has re-imagined and reinvented black and white photographs of Native Americans into color with the aid of technology. More photographs and paintings below:
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[Photos via Dumage: Colorized Old Photos of Native Americans]
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Native American Photos Re-imagined In Color
Wendelin, a German artist, has re-imagined and reinvented black and white photographs of Native Americans into color with the aid of technology. More photographs and paintings below:
[Photos via Dumage: Colorized Old Photos of Native Americans]
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War & Pizza Part 3: The Twilight Of American Power
For previous entries, please see War & Pizza Hut: Volume 1 and War & Pizza Hut: Volume 2 ******* The End Of The American Empire
My Grandfather was in the engine room when the kamikaze happened. Zero plane shrapnel sheered through the destroyer. South Pacific waters gushed inside. Naval protocol was to close the engine room hatch immediately to keep the ship from sinking more quickly,...
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War & Pizza Hut, Part 2
For the previous entry, please see War & Pizza Hut: Volume 1 ******* Vietnam My “uncle” would not go to Vietnam. Some of his friends fled to Canada. Others loped off part of their trigger fingers. He settled on a less permanent escape. The night before his Army evaluation he chugged coffee and pounded bars of butter. When he showed up the next morning, the tester gasped at his blood pressure...
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World War and Consumer Culture
My Grandfather was in the engine room when the kamikaze began. Zero plane shrapnel sheered through the destroyer. South Pacific waters gushed inside. Naval protocol was to close the engine room hatch immediately to keep the ship from sinking more quickly, leaving other men trapped in the engine room. Fred should have been one of the other men. He was unconscious after an engine safety valve...
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Werner Herzog Reads Curious George
Curious George comes to life. And in case you didn’t know Herzog before, he’s a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director most famous for Grizzly Man and other noteworthy avant garde films and documentaries.
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Werner Herzog Reads Curious George
Curious George comes to life. And in case you didn’t know Herzog before, he’s a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director most famous for Grizzly Man and other noteworthy avant garde films and documentaries.
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Bob Jones University Explains Electricity
The above is from a science textbook published by Bob Jones University entitled Science 4 Students. Yes, there explanation of electricity is that it’s a fucking mystery. Even worse? Over 1 million students across the world use Bob Jones University textbooks.
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Bob Jones University Explains Electricity
The above is from a science textbook published by Bob Jones University entitled Science 4 Students. Yes, there explanation of electricity is that it’s a fucking mystery. Even worse? Over 1 million students across the world use Bob Jones University textbooks. Via PBH2: ‘Electricty’, Courtesy of Bob Jones University
