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Imbeciles, Morons, and Idiots.

The only thing better than this pie chart, which appeared in The New York Times in 1913, is the title of the article:
NEARLY I5,000,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE DEFECTIVES.

Holy Children of the Corn, Batman!

From Shorpy:
Washington, D.C., circa 1919. “Mrs. John Nolan, children’s party.” Agood if eerie example of what happens when the shutter opens before theflash goes off. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Click on the image to make it larger… if you dare….

This Won’t Hurt a Bit: On My Wall. Free-ish.

FROM THE ARCHIVE: I like affordable art. Everyone else does too. It seems like every week there’s a new outlet for wallet-friendly prints. But I’ve latched on to an even more novel idea lately: free Art. In fact, I’m pretty much psyched about anything that costs me zero dollars. Zero is a number this economy can handle.

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