Jean (or Juan) Baptista dos Santos is said to have been a "Gipsy", born in Faro, Portugal around 1843, to normal parents with two other normal children. His career as an exhibitionist seems to have been confined strictly to medical circles; in 1865 turned down a sum of 200,000 francs to appear for two years … Read more

When you put a shoelace through an eyelet, what do you do next?  You bring it back in the direction from which it came. . . And then you pull to tighten it.  You put two pulls on each eyelet, just like the cord through the loop, or a belt through a buckle.  It's fun to tie bundles … Read more