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Sir Francis Bacon: Preserver of Chickens

In 1626 Sir Francis Bacon, one of the most influential minds of his time, was watching a snowstorm. He was struck by the notion that maybe snow could be used to preserve meat. And he wasn’t exactly wrong: today people everywhere put chickens in their freezers to preserve them. Sadly Bacon was a man too far ahead of his time. In 1626, electricity hadn’t even been invented let alone artificial cooling. But did that stop Bacon? Of course not.

Determined to find out if snow could preserve meat, Sir Francis Bacon purchased a chicken from a nearby village. He killed it and then, standing outside in the snow, tried to freeze the chicken by stuffing it full of snow. The chicken never froze. But Bacon caught a cold that turned into pneumonia, and died shortly afterward.

sarahseeandersen

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tfw a band you like named themselves after an extremely common word so it’s nigh impossible to find any of their stuff online

dead-finks-deactivated20190116

is this post about can? or is it about yes? or is it about the the? or is it about japan?

omorka

Then you have your bands who are ungoogleable for other reasons.

Barenaked Ladies, I’m looking at you here.

walkingbomb

reminder to:

straighten your back

go pee goddAMN IT STOP HOLDING IT

go take your meds if you need to

drink some water

go get a snack if you havent eaten in a while

maybe wander around the house/stretch a little if you’ve been sat at the computer a while (artists especially: sTRETCH THOSE WRISTS)

reply to that text/message from earlier you’d forgotten about

maybe send a nice lil message to someone having a bad day?

mouthfullofsxnd

I just would like to thank everyone who ever reblogs this so that it somehow ends up back on my dash because I usually need the reminder (especially the drinking water one)