World’s First Tram Sauna | Infrared Steam Spa Bath Massage Club
The world’s first tram sauna unveiled in Milan. Unfortunately this real tram is no longer in operation and sits in one place at the spa resort in northern Italy. But, created by public transport...
View ArticlePencil Shaving Portraits
Kyle Bean made portraits of the contributors to Wallpaper* Handmade, an annual design exhibition in Milan. You can view four more at the link. Link -via Dude Craft | Wallpaper Handmade Previously by...
View ArticleNow Hear This: Radio War Propagandists
The following is an article from the book History’s Lists from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader. During America’s wars, they were considered entertainers more than harbingers of fear to U.S. troops. But...
View ArticleRGB Wall Art by Carnovsky
Milan design group Carnovsky created what is probably the most psychedelic fun wallpaper you’ll ever see today (without having to ingest anything): Three overlapping and primary-colored patterns are...
View Article5 Tyrants Who Died Relatively Peaceful Deaths (and 5 Who Weren’t So Lucky)
According to Herodotus, when the Athenian lawgiver Solon visited Croesus, the fabulously wealthy king of Lydia, Croesus — showing off his riches and sumptuous palace — asked Solon who the happiest man...
View ArticleSoccer Fans Create Enormous Pac-Man Mosaic
During a match against Barcelona, fans of Milan’s soccer team erected a placard mosaic of a vengeful Pac-Man bearing down on Inky. The text below reads “Let’s eat them!” That’s a good idea, because...
View ArticleLightsaber Cat vs. Dogs
Link Scroll down for today’s pictures & links. Lightsaber Cat vs. Dogs This is the ultimate fight, bar none. The Fate of the Universe, or this particular cat in this universe, depends on the...
View ArticleCollision Course: A Brief Guide to Earth’s Most Interesting Impact Craters
A Norwegian family arrived at their cabin to open it up for the spring and found a surprise: a large rock had smashed through the roof. It was identified as a 1.3 pound breccia meteorite. It didn’t...
View Article11 More Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent
Last summer Bill DeMain shared 15 nuanced words and expressions that simply can’t be said in English. Haley Sweetland Edwards gave you 14 more last fall. It seems no matter how great the English...
View ArticleCatholic Church sets up an exorcist hotline
The new phone service has been set up in Milan in an effort to help deal with increasingly high demand. According to the diocese’s chief exorcist Mons…
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