The Houses of Parliament (Effect of Fog), Claude Monet
You are a man of guile, means and influence in Victorian England and you know what orders to give to get the following done. You want to have a patient kidnapped from a hospital and secretly installed with people you trust. We're helping Omnomnom abduct(?) liberate(?) a gent from a British infirmary in the 1800s. What could go wrong?
Boarding by G.A.I.N (cc by)
In Ask Metafilter, some very interesting answers to Why do so many Japanese ferries still exist?
Live updates, silly song parodies, etymology and more. Follow along with Mefites the slow excitement of the Giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal and the Icelandic volcano
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