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The Tragic Exploitation of Petrus Gonsalvus

We're back, baby! The Disney story of the Beauty and the Beast that many of us are familiar with today is generally believed to be based on a couple of stories written in the late 1700s. But who were THOSE stories based on? Take a stroll with me down a very old and dark road and learn about Petrus Gonsalvus, a man born in 1537 with Congenital Hypertrichosis Languinosa; a man who lived anything but an ordinary life. Instagram: @therainybooknook | Email: therainybooknook@gmail.com SOURCES: https://youtu.be/inM7P7oYM5Q?si=rcYUf_ueR8ntgnm7 [https://youtu.be/inM7P7oYM5Q?si=rcYUf_ueR8ntgnm7]   https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/423820 [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/423820] (Published in 2011 - No newer Stat Available for total Cases of Congenital Hypertrichosis Languinosa)  The Many Myths of Catherine de' Medici [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-many-myths-of-catherine-de-medici-180980722/]  Secret hand gestures in paintings [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31910180/] The Tragic Life of the REAL "Beast" in Beauty and the Beast [https://youtu.be/GuegOIukGzQ?si=t93Tl9dF0REqAwqK]  EWU Petrus Gonsalvus And The Real Beauty And The Beast Story [https://allthatsinteresting.com/petrus-gonsalvus-real-beauty-and-the-beast] All That’s Interesting The true stories behind Beauty and the Beast and other Disney stories - BBC News [https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-39302636]  The struggles of the world's hairiest family - BBC News [https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33978116]  The Real-Life Beauty And The Beast - Deep English [https://deepenglish.com/lessons/the-real-life-beauty-and-the-beast/]     https://theroyalwomen.com/2022/01/16/catherine-gonsalvus/ [https://theroyalwomen.com/2022/01/16/catherine-gonsalvus/]  The Royal Women  The Real Beauty and the Beast Didn’t Live Happily Ever After [https://historycollection.com/the-real-beauty-and-the-beast-didnt-live-happily-ever-after/]  The History Collection Beauty and the Beast: The Man Behind the Myth - France Today [https://francetoday.com/travel/travel-features/beauty-and-the-beast-the-man-behind-the-myth/] 798) Catherine Gonsalvus [https://theexasperatedhistorian.com/the-womens-list/798-catherine-gonsalvus/] The Exasperated Historian’s Women’s List #798

You Blue My Mind!

Blue: nature's most naturally unnatural color. Many know that nature has a scarcity of blue, but what you may not know is that what blue there IS, probably isn't blue at all. Want to know what I mean? Check out this episode of The Rainy Book Nook and learn about why blue butterflies are blue, what the heck a bile pigment is, and your next new favorite color. Have a topic you want me to look into? Instagram: @therainybooknook Email: therainybooknook@gmail.com Pictures in IG Post: https://earthbuddies.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Hewitsons_Olivewing_Nessaea_hewitsonii_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/image/imgsrv.fcgi?cid=102059834&t=l http://images2.pics4learning.com/catalog/b/blue2.jpg Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature? [https://youtu.be/3g246c6Bv58?si=-ck3DvR4vWCXLWW5] One Common Ancestor Behind Blue Eyes | Live Science [https://www.livescience.com/9578-common-ancestor-blue-eyes.html]  Rare Colors: How Nature Creates Blue Hues [https://youtu.be/9cdoPD51bng?si=Ob_LFdQVepnu45ci] Why don't Americans have a name for the color 'light blue?' Study finds unique color terms used in Japan, US [https://phys.org/news/2017-03-dont-americans-blue-unique-terms.html] Jayarava's Raves: Seeing Blue. [https://jayarava.blogspot.com/2015/03/seeing-blue.html]      Carotenoids:  Carotenoids - Definition, Function and Types | Biology Dictionary [https://biologydictionary.net/carotenoids/]

When Max Headroom Hijacked The Airwaves

On December 22nd, 1987 over the span of two hours, two separate signal jamming incidents took place in Chicago during late night television. Max Headroom, "the world's first computer generated television host" was the face on the mask - but who was behind it? Have a topic you want me to look into? Instagram: @therainybooknook email: therainybooknook@gmail.com Sources:  The Story Of The Max Headroom Incident, America's Creepiest Unsolved [https://allthatsinteresting.com/max-headroom-incident] TV Hack [https://allthatsinteresting.com/max-headroom-incident]The Max Headroom Incident: The Greatest Unsolved Mystery in Pirate Television [https://hackcur.io/the-max-headroom-incident-the-greatest-unsolved-mystery-in-pirate-television/] The Max Headroom Incident — Unresolved [https://unresolved.me/the-max-headroom-incident]  The Masked Lunatic That Hijacked American News • Mystery Files [https://youtu.be/iZd1aQ7TY9c?si=fPJDNCJsOYYjEvs3]

The Deeply Rooted History of Truffles

Dig up the deeply rooted history of the world's most expensive fungus - the Truffle, and learn about how they're hunted today! Instagram: @therainybooknook email me: therainybooknook@gmail.com Sources: Why Real Truffles Are So Expensive Insider Business https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ1nY51txoA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ1nY51txoA]  This Truffle Dog is Facing a Really Challenging Truffle Hunt Smithsonian, YouTube This Truffle Dog is Facing a Really Challenging Truffle Hunt | Smithsonian Channel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1wPhM4FLu4]  Truffles “will be extinct within a generation due to climate change” The London Economic https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/food-drink/truffles-will-be-extinct-within-a-generation-due-to-climate-change-110046/ [https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/food-drink/truffles-will-be-extinct-within-a-generation-due-to-climate-change-110046/]  The History of Truffle Hunting Valea Verde https://www.valeaverde.com/en/stories/history-of-truffle-hunting/#:~:text=The%20hunting%20and%20eating%20of%20aromatic%20truffles%20dates,cultures%2C%20such%20as%20the%20Egyptians%2C%20Greeks%2C%20and%20Romans [https://www.valeaverde.com/en/stories/history-of-truffle-hunting/#:~:text=The%20hunting%20and%20eating%20of%20aromatic%20truffles%20dates,cultures%2C%20such%20as%20the%20Egyptians%2C%20Greeks%2C%20and%20Romans].  Books Cited:  Sheldrake, M. (2020). Entangled Life (pp. 25-45). Random House New York.

The Night That Horror Befell Reaper, Wyoming - Part 2

Part 2 of "The Night That Horror Befell Reaper, Wyoming" concludes the events of Tillie Everts' eventful (to put it lightly) night. Tillie has to make a very hard decision without having any clue of what the outcome will be. She shows us the strength of her will to live - but will that be enough? FIND OUT NOW! Instagram: @therainybooknook email me: therainybooknook@gmail.com