1863: Commuters waving their hats in the air as they pass Portland Road station during a trial trip on the London Metropolitan Underground railway. Cassell's 'Old and London New'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jan 10, 1863: The London Underground opens with gas-lit, steam-powered trains between Paddington & Farrington

• Post author:Isolde Honore
• Post published:January 10, 2016
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On this day in 1863, the London Underground opened with gas-lit, steam-powered trains between Paddington & Farrington; a novel solution and much anticipated remedy to the commuter congestion suffocating business in the city.

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Further Reading: Revenge

• Post author:Isolde Honore
• Post published:November 22, 2015
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Books, research material, and web resources from Odd Salon UNDEAD

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Further Reading: GRIFT

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• Post published:November 11, 2015
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Further Reading: UNDEAD

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• Post published:October 21, 2015
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Stick Figure History – The Cadaver Synod

• Post author:Isolde Honore
• Post published:October 19, 2015
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Posthumous trials, corpse desecration, damnatio memoriae. And popes.

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Further Reading: MONSTROUS

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• Post published:October 7, 2015
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Stick Figure History ~ The Soybean Oil Scandal

• Post author:Isolde Honore
• Post published:October 3, 2015
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Oil. Bribery. Scandal. Assassination. A weaselly little man who crippled the stock market in 1963.

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Further Reading: Anomaly

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• Post published:September 30, 2015
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Stick Figure History ~ The Queen of the Mist

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• Post published:September 18, 2015
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In 1901 Annie Edson Taylor, in a barrel, become the first recorded person to survive plunging over Niagara Falls.

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Further Reading: MYTH(OS)

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• Post published:August 5, 2015
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