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I may have posted this already

But it’s so good, it deserves a second posting.  Just watch it. (And for those wary of blindly clicking on a link, picture this: a French film from 1907 involving someone in a giant pig suit.  Be warned: it’s awesome, but might give you nightmares if you’re easily frightened of strange things.)

Useful information, by any standard

No child should touch a gun or pistol, or on any account present one at another person. We behold a little boy shooting his sister dead! And: Here we see the danger of playing with lighted candles. One little girl has set the bed-curtains on fire, and the other her hair; and both are in […]