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  11.    
  12.    <title>Weird Universe</title>
  13.    <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net</link>
  14.    <description>Exploring every aspect of a human and natural cosmos that is not only stranger than we imagine, but stranger than we can imagine</description>
  15.    <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  16.    <dc:creator>alex@weirduniverse.net</dc:creator>
  17.    <dc:rights>Copyright 2024 Alex Boese, Paul Di Filippo</dc:rights>
  18.    <dc:date>2024-05-19T06:11:00+00:00</dc:date>
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  23.  
  24.    <item>
  25.      <title>How many books do college students read?</title>
  26.      
  27.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/how_many_books_do_college_students_read</link>
  28.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/how_many_books_do_college_students_read#When:08:14:00Z</guid>
  29.  
  30. <description><![CDATA[We previously met Suellen Robinson as <a href="http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/miss_biological_research">Miss Biological Research</a>. Here she's posing by a stack of books that represents the number of books an average coed supposedly would read (back in the 1960s) during her four years at college. The number is 376.<br />
  31. <br />
  32. Officials of the Renault car company somehow arrived at this figure when they decided to sponsor a National College Queen Contest.<br />
  33. <br />
  34. To read that many books a student would need to finish two books a week during the school year, and a book a week during Summer break.<br />
  35. <br />
  36. I'm skeptical that the average college student (either back in the 1960s or now) reads anywhere close to that number. Perhaps they're assigned that many (though even that seems a bit high), but they're not reading them. <br />
  37. <br />
  38. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1964books01.jpg"><p class="caption">Orlando Evening Star - Apr 29, 1964</p>]]></description>
  39. <dc:subject>Education, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia, Books, 1960s,></dc:subject>
  40.          <dc:date>2024-05-19T08:14:00+00:00</dc:date>
  41.      
  42.      </item>
  43.  
  44.    <item>
  45.      <title>Life Is Flashing Before Your Eyes</title>
  46.      
  47.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/life_is_flashing_before_your_eyes</link>
  48.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/life_is_flashing_before_your_eyes#When:06:11:00Z</guid>
  49.  
  50. <description><![CDATA[<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8OHnC24Qx8k?si=H9IFTaUSpqs2ofdA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>]]></description>
  51. <dc:subject>Music, Philosophy, Surrealism, Cartoons, Psychedelic, 1980s,></dc:subject>
  52.          <dc:date>2024-05-19T06:11:00+00:00</dc:date>
  53.      
  54.      </item>
  55.  
  56.    <item>
  57.      <title>Hurting the Word Radio #2</title>
  58.      
  59.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/hurting_the_word_radio2</link>
  60.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/hurting_the_word_radio2#When:08:00:00Z</guid>
  61.  
  62. <description><![CDATA[The 1964 painting "Hurting the Word Radio #2" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ruscha">Ed Ruscha</a> is valued at $53 million. <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeff-bezos-most-prized-possession-140019256.html">It's reportedly one of the most expensive works of art owned by Jeff Bezos.</a><br />
  63. <br />
  64. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/hurtradio01.jpg"><p class="caption">image source: <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/hurting-the-word-radio-2/WAHGd1TxVRcwUw?hl=en">google arts and culture</a></p><br />
  65. <br />
  66. The value surprised me when I read about it, though it probably shouldn't have because sky-high valuations for works of modern art are by now, as Chuck Shepherd would have said, "no longer weird." <br />
  67. <br />
  68. Even so, <a href="https://itsartlaw.org/2019/12/09/its-so-visual-radio-ruscha/">as the Center for Art Law notes</a>, Ruscha created hundreds of words on canvas over the decades. How did this one get singled out to be worth so much? Ruscha himself never promoted it as special. (Nor does he directly benefit from its current valuation.)<br />
  69. <br />
  70. The Center for Art Law suggests that the work's "impeccable and unimpeachable" provenance may have a lot to do with the high price tag. In an art market awash in fraud, undeniably authentic works command a high premium.]]></description>
  71. <dc:subject>Art, Overpriced Merchandise,></dc:subject>
  72.          <dc:date>2024-05-18T08:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
  73.      
  74.      </item>
  75.  
  76.    <item>
  77.      <title>Forever Walks a Drifter</title>
  78.      
  79.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/forever_walks_a_drifter</link>
  80.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/forever_walks_a_drifter#When:06:16:00Z</guid>
  81.  
  82. <description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/3215613-The-Monzas">Their entry at Discogs.</a><br />
  83. <br />
  84. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4pRpZFuDZx0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
  85. <br />
  86. ]]></description>
  87. <dc:subject>Music, Outsider Art, 1960s,></dc:subject>
  88.          <dc:date>2024-05-18T06:16:00+00:00</dc:date>
  89.      
  90.      </item>
  91.  
  92.    <item>
  93.      <title>No TV for a year</title>
  94.      
  95.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/no_tv_for_a_year</link>
  96.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/no_tv_for_a_year#When:08:09:00Z</guid>
  97.  
  98. <description><![CDATA[Back in the early 1970s, a German research group called "The Society for Rational Psychology" challenged 184 people (all regular TV watchers) to go without TV for a year.. with financial incentives to encourage them to stick to the plan. <br />
  99. <br />
  100. Briefly all went well, but then things quickly began to go downhill. Frustration grew. The people started to become moody and aggressive. After five months they were all back to watching TV. <br />
  101. <br />
  102. The lesson the researchers concluded: "people who watch television regularly are likely to become so addicted they can no longer be happy without it."<br />
  103. <br />
  104. What would they conclude about the Internet?<br />
  105. <br />
  106. Of course, the study probably needs to be taken with a grain of salt because I can't find any info about this Society for Rational Psychology. Was it some kind of market research group? Nor can I find the write-up from the study itself. Just lots of references to the study in the media.<br />
  107. <br />
  108. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1971munich01.jpg"><p class="caption">Buffalo Evening News - May 8, 1972</p>]]></description>
  109. <dc:subject>Addictions, Television, Psychology, 1970s,></dc:subject>
  110.          <dc:date>2024-05-17T08:09:00+00:00</dc:date>
  111.      
  112.      </item>
  113.  
  114.    <item>
  115.      <title>Miss Putt&#45;Putt</title>
  116.      
  117.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/miss_putt_putt</link>
  118.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/miss_putt_putt#When:06:19:00Z</guid>
  119.  
  120. <description><![CDATA[<a href="https://flashbak.com/our-putt-putt-past-the-golden-days-of-miniature-golf-377194/" title="">For much more, visit the link.</a><br />
  121. <br />
  122. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Putt-Putt-World-Volume-11-Number-1_Page_01.jpg" alt="" height="1119" width="1000">]]></description>
  123. <dc:subject>Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Recreation, Sports, 1960s,></dc:subject>
  124.          <dc:date>2024-05-17T06:19:00+00:00</dc:date>
  125.      
  126.      </item>
  127.  
  128.    <item>
  129.      <title>Scratch&#45;n&#45;Sniff Jeans</title>
  130.      
  131.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/scratch_n_sniff_jeans</link>
  132.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/scratch_n_sniff_jeans#When:08:03:00Z</guid>
  133.  
  134. <description><![CDATA[Available from <a href="https://www.nakedandfamousdenim.com/en/scratchnsniff-hiba-cypress">Naked and Famous Denim</a>. The poor man's version of this would be to spray some fragrance on your ratty old jeans.<br />
  135. <br />
  136. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/sniffjeans.jpg">]]></description>
  137. <dc:subject>Denim, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents,></dc:subject>
  138.          <dc:date>2024-05-16T08:03:00+00:00</dc:date>
  139.      
  140.      </item>
  141.  
  142.    <item>
  143.      <title>The Savage and Sensuous Bongos</title>
  144.      
  145.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/the_savage_and_sensuous_bongos</link>
  146.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/the_savage_and_sensuous_bongos#When:06:05:00Z</guid>
  147.  
  148. <description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-DH3Cv6UBE&list=PLNt_PvBsLVrWscrSrrpGbJDcIgfIw3weM">The rest of the playlist is here.</a><br />
  149. <br />
  150. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y-DH3Cv6UBE" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
  151. <br />
  152. ]]></description>
  153. <dc:subject>Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Music, Space&#45;age Bachelor Pad &amp;amp; Exotic, 1960s,></dc:subject>
  154.          <dc:date>2024-05-16T06:05:00+00:00</dc:date>
  155.      
  156.      </item>
  157.  
  158.    <item>
  159.      <title>Miss Biological Research</title>
  160.      
  161.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/miss_biological_research</link>
  162.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/miss_biological_research#When:08:31:00Z</guid>
  163.  
  164. <description><![CDATA[Were biologists supposed to pin her picture up in their labs?<br />
  165. <br />
  166. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1964bio01.jpg"><p class="caption">New York Daily News - Feb 12, 1964</p>]]></description>
  167. <dc:subject>Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Science, 1960s,></dc:subject>
  168.          <dc:date>2024-05-15T08:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
  169.      
  170.      </item>
  171.  
  172.    <item>
  173.      <title>Headache Hanger</title>
  174.      
  175.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/headache_hanger</link>
  176.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/headache_hanger#When:06:36:00Z</guid>
  177.  
  178. <description><![CDATA[<a href="https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/ed/85/72/e0c90fb2089db7/US1285510.pdf" title="">Full patent here.</a><br />
  179. <br />
  180. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screenshot_2024-04-22_at_2.13.52 PM_.png" alt="" height="1958" width="1496"><br />
  181. <br />
  182. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screenshot_2024-04-22_at_2.14.09 PM_.png" alt="" height="902" width="802"><br />
  183. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screenshot_2024-04-22_at_2.14.24 PM_.png" alt="" height="602" width="754">]]></description>
  184. <dc:subject>Inventions, Patents, Medicine, 1910s, Head,></dc:subject>
  185.          <dc:date>2024-05-15T06:36:00+00:00</dc:date>
  186.      
  187.      </item>
  188.  
  189.    <item>
  190.      <title>Gilbert Young, most rejected author ever</title>
  191.      
  192.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/gilbert_young_most_rejected_author_ever</link>
  193.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/gilbert_young_most_rejected_author_ever#When:08:30:00Z</guid>
  194.  
  195. <description><![CDATA[Gilbert Young first came to the attention of the British press in the 1960s as a crusader for a single world government. He ran repeatedly for various political offices but never won an election.<br />
  196. <br />
  197. Below is an ad he placed in the papers seeking new members for his "World Government Party."<br />
  198. <br />
  199. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/Gilyoung02.jpg"><p class="caption">Bristol Daily Press - Jan 29, 1964</p><br />
  200. <br />
  201. But his real claim to fame came in the mid 1970s when the editors of the Guinness Book of Records learned that, for years, Young had been trying to get his book published but had only received rejections from publishers. His book, <em>World Government Crusade</em>, had, by 1974, been rejected 80 times. So Guinness listed him in its 1975 edition as the record holder for the "greatest recorded number of publisher's rejections for a manuscript."<br />
  202. <br />
  203. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/Gilyoung01.jpg"><p class="caption">Bristol Daily Press - Sep 26, 1974</p><br />
  204. <br />
  205. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/Gilyoung03.jpg"><p class="caption">Guinness Book of Records 1975</p><br />
  206. <br />
  207. For over fifteen years Guinness continued to list him as the holder of this record. Every few years it would update the number of his rejections. By 1990 his book had been rejected 242 times.<br />
  208. <br />
  209. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/Gilyoung04.jpg"><p class="caption">Guinness Book of Records 1991</p><br />
  210. <br />
  211. I thought that perhaps Young's book would now be available to read or purchase somewhere on the Internet. But no, as far as I can tell it's still unavailable. ]]></description>
  212. <dc:subject>Eccentrics, Politics, World Records, Books,></dc:subject>
  213.          <dc:date>2024-05-14T08:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
  214.      
  215.      </item>
  216.  
  217.    <item>
  218.      <title>The Not&#45;So&#45;Distant Past Sins of Amtrak</title>
  219.      
  220.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/the_not_so_distant_past_sins_of_amtrak</link>
  221.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/the_not_so_distant_past_sins_of_amtrak#When:06:40:00Z</guid>
  222.  
  223. <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screenshot_2024-05-13_at_9.53.18 PM_.png" alt="" height="134" width="538"><br />
  224. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/Screenshot_2024-05-13_at_9.53.13 PM_.png" alt="" height="1378" width="1216"><br />
  225. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/uploads/img_56.jpg" alt="" height="2999" width="819">]]></description>
  226. <dc:subject>Excrement, 1980s, Trains,></dc:subject>
  227.          <dc:date>2024-05-14T06:40:00+00:00</dc:date>
  228.      
  229.      </item>
  230.  
  231.    <item>
  232.      <title>The doctor who made rats go insane</title>
  233.      
  234.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/the_doctor_who_made_rats_go_insane</link>
  235.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/the_doctor_who_made_rats_go_insane#When:08:30:00Z</guid>
  236.  
  237. <description><![CDATA[Dr. Norman Maier is pretty much unknown today, but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Maier">Wikipedia notes</a> that his research "received extensive publicity in its day." That research involved making rats go insane.<br />
  238. <br />
  239. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/maier03.jpg"><br />
  240. <br />
  241. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/maier04.jpg"><p class="caption"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lU0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA66&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false">Life - Mar 6, 1939</a></p><br />
  242. <br />
  243. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/maier01.jpg"><br />
  244. <br />
  245. The cause of man's mental suffering identified: not being given his breakfast promptly at 7 am.<br />
  246. <br />
  247. <div class="shaded">The Michigan scientist said he could not actually say that his rats suffered nervous breakdowns when they were frustrated, but that their reactions resembled very closely the reactions of human beings when they did not get what they wanted.<br />
  248. <br />
  249. Thus a man who is "conditioned" to expect his breakfast promptly at 7 o'clock in the morning and does not get it may develop a nervous disorder if his wife fails to provide it at that time for many mornings in succession.</div><br />
  250. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/maier02.jpg"><p class="caption">Detroit Free Press - Jan 1, 1939</p>]]></description>
  251. <dc:subject>Animals, Psychology, 1930s,></dc:subject>
  252.          <dc:date>2024-05-13T08:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
  253.      
  254.      </item>
  255.  
  256.    <item>
  257.      <title>Living Children</title>
  258.      
  259.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/living_children</link>
  260.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/living_children#When:06:55:00Z</guid>
  261.  
  262. <description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/1350887-Living-Children">Their page at Discogs.</a><br />
  263. <br />
  264. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s-bhlhaCaII" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
  265. <br />
  266. ]]></description>
  267. <dc:subject>Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Psychedelic, 1960s,></dc:subject>
  268.          <dc:date>2024-05-13T06:55:00+00:00</dc:date>
  269.      
  270.      </item>
  271.  
  272.    <item>
  273.      <title>Rooftop Runway</title>
  274.      
  275.        <link>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/rooftop_runway</link>
  276.      <guid>http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/rooftop_runway#When:08:27:00Z</guid>
  277.  
  278. <description><![CDATA[Landing a plane on a giant treadmill mounted on top of a skyscraper. What could possibly go wrong?<br />
  279. <br />
  280. <img src="http://www.weirduniverse.net/images/2024/1930runway01.jpg"><p class="caption">Modern Mechanics - Feb 1930</p>]]></description>
  281. <dc:subject>Architecture, Air Travel and Airlines, 1930s,></dc:subject>
  282.          <dc:date>2024-05-12T08:27:00+00:00</dc:date>
  283.      
  284.      </item>
  285.  
  286.    
  287.    </channel>
  288. </rss>

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