Mr Snuffleupagus: a Tragic Life
Mr Snuffleupagus was a tragic figure of American entertainment in the late 60s and 70s. Despite achieving a small cult following, Snuffy...
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Non Stamp Collecting
- Jun 12, 2021
- 4 min
The Mystery of the Most Magnificent Arrest
It's 1990 in Sydney, Australia. A petty criminal named Paul Charles Dozsa gets shoved into a police car. The confrontation, caught on...
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Non Stamp Collecting
- May 11, 2021
- 4 min
Competitive Cheese Cutting through the Ages
Cheese Cutting was once a popular sport, but sadly, it no longer draws the raucous crowds for which it was once famed. Beginnings...
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Non Stamp Collecting
- Nov 23, 2020
- 4 min
Competitive Absence in the Olympics
The sport of Competitive Absence was featured in the 1908 London Olympics, but not without controversy. The rules were simple: enter the...
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Non Stamp Collecting
- Nov 20, 2020
- 9 min
Haruki Fukashima: one man, or many?
The self-evident aphorisms of Haruki Fukashima have failed to increase in popularity in recent years, which is part of his appeal, among...
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Non Stamp Collecting
- Oct 18, 2020
- 2 min
Japanese Schoolgirl Teddy Bear Assassins
The Great Teddy Bear Scourge of the 1950s was a dark episode in post-Word-War-Two Japan. Unruly Teddies roamed the Japan in menacing...
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pauljonesnsc
- Oct 17, 2020
- 1 min
"There will be No Miracle Today!"
In these troubling, modern-times, it's comforting to examine the words of wise Middle-Eastern chaps from two millennia past. The...
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pauljonesnsc
- Jun 25, 2020
- 3 min
Hedonism and Horticulture in Victorian England: Audley Beesley
London's 18th century Floral and Horticultural Society was a hotbed of indecent behaviour, the details of which are best not mentioned....
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Non Stamp Collecting
- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
The 'Free Sammy' Campaign
Fishermen caught Samuel George Davis Jr off the coast of Long Island after he became entangled in a net with swordfish and tuna. He was...
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pauljonesnsc
- Jun 15, 2020
- 4 min
King of the Dressing Room Act
Tommy 'Bucky' Hamilton is an all but forgotten comedian - which is part of his comic genius. Although few remember his name, his legacy...
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Non Stamp Collecting
- May 20, 2020
- 8 min
Non Selfies & Hamish 'Hamish' Smythe
Aside from being a prolific Non Stamp Collector, Hamish ‘H’ Smythe was a master at not appearing in photographs. He envisaged the...
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Non Stamp Collecting
- May 14, 2020
- 4 min
Requiem in 3D - Mozart’s Final Piece
Requiem in 3D was the last piece of music created by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Composing it killed him. It was unfinished at the time of...
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pauljonesnsc
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
Lipzgraz & his 18th Century Square
Today few people have heard of the Austrian Physicist, Karl Heinz Lipzgraz, yet it was he who brought the Square to public attention....
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Non Stamp Collecting
- May 11, 2020
- 3 min
Non Eating: Angus Barbieri, 382 Day Fast
Although not eating as an aid to not collecting stamps has a long tradition in Tibet, the practice is still considered radical among...
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Non Stamp Collecting
- May 10, 2020
- 4 min
Ug - the first Pornographer
It’s commonly believed that as soon as man could rub two rocks together he created porn, however, it was Luigi Ug (457,671 BC to 457,635...
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