The Random Treasures of an Insignificant Nobody

I collect neat things. You agree, yes?

To do


Here are a few things in my collection that I haven’t gotten around to writing about for one reason or another.

  • Uranium Ore
  • Klein Bottle, a one-sided container who’s inside is also its outside
  • A 35 million year old leaf in amber
  • Uxelite, natural fiber optics
  • Uranium-238 glass marbles
  • Radioactive Uranium glass dinnerware
  • Chinese Spouting Water Bowl
  • Collection of fossil hominid skull replicas
  • Terracotta head&fragment from 2-400AD India
  • 1-300AD roman arrowhead
  • 1-300AD Roman bone sewing needle
  • glass plate X-ray from 1912 w/bullet visible on the film
  • Japanese puzzle boxes
  • Van de Graff Generator
  • Tesla Coil
  • Racist US propaganda from WWII
  • Communist Chinese propaganda posters
  • set of Scientology OEC Volumes (the green ones)
  • Snakeoil “medicine” from the early 1900s
  • Quack asthma “cure” from early 1900s that involves smoking
  • Antique field microscope from late 1800s, early 1900s.
  • Print of the infamous “Mohammed w/bomb in turban” cartoon signed by the original artist
  • “Rad-Block” Potassium Iodide pills in case of ZOMGNUCLEARARMAGEDDON
  • 80 watt peltier cooling chip
  • Propaganda matchbooks from WWII
  • Fireproof suit (minus fireproof pants)
  • Police Fingerprinting kit 1950s
  • Fetal pig preserved in formaldehyde
  • Preserved pig heart
  • Newspapers from WWII with kickass headlines
  • DIY X-ray machine

1 Comment »

  1. Great article, amazing looking blog, added it to my favorites.

    Comment by Reerpidge | December 9, 2009 | Reply


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