Category Archives: Research Fodder

Where JRD’s collection of research gets scraped from his Delicious feed.

Research Fodder December 24, 2015

  • Molybdomancy – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    The resulting shape is either directly interpreted as an omen for the future, or is rotated in a candlelight to create shadows, whose shapes are then interpreted. Molten lead is also poured into water in a ritual in Turkey used when people have been affected by the evil eye

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Research Fodder December 21, 2015

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Research Fodder December 17, 2015

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Research Fodder November 30, 2015

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Research Fodder November 28, 2015

  • Red mercury – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    “However, samples of “red mercury” obtained from arrested would-be terrorists invariably consisted of nothing more than various red dyes or powders of little value, which some suspect was being sold as part of a campaign intended to flush out potential nuclear smugglers. The hoax was first reported in 1979 and was commonly discussed in the media in the 1990s. Prices as high as $1,800,000 per kilogram were reported.”

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Research Fodder November 10, 2015

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Research Fodder November 9, 2015

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Research Fodder November 3, 2015

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Research Fodder October 22, 2015

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Research Fodder October 21, 2015

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