Wikipedia Links Slushpile 4

Slushpile index Part 1, Part 2, Part 3I should probably be paying more attention to the fact that the content of these posts is all compatible with Cairn.Wikipedia Slush #41. UmarellRetired old men in Italy who, having lots of free time on their hands, go stand around construction sites to watch / commentate. Life goals, honestly.2. Beringer’s Lying Stones1725 fossil hoax played by Johann Georg von Eckhart on Johann Bartholomeus Adam Beringer, dean of medicine at the University of Würzburg. The weird little guys on the stones themselves are fun in their own right, as is how the obvious chisel marks and Hebrew letters on them were taken as evidence of divine providence. Beringer took Eckhart to court after he realized he’d been duped, and the transcripts reveal that the whole thing originated in a personal beef. That’s some A-grade wizarding bullshit.3. Andrew VachssBy all reasonable metrics, an extremely cool human being.EyepatchProlific crime novelistDedicated his law career to…

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