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I enjoyed "The precise mechanism by which the Heslington brain was preserved is unclear, however; in a bid to shed light on this question, researchers buried a

I enjoyed "The precise mechanism by which the Heslington brain was preserved is unclear, however; in a bid to shed light on this question, researchers buried a number of pigs' heads in and around the campus to see what happened to them[needs update].[7]" ...and am looking forward to an update in which we learn the name and then age of the undergraduates that dug them up and what pranks they played with them.

tetris11 3y ago
Jeremy Bentham's Head comes to mind: https://web.archive.org/web/20101112065654/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project/who/autoicon https://web.archive.org/web/20101112065654/http://www.ucl.ac...
nerdponx 3y ago
The writing style is surprisingly enjoyable in several history-related articles. I really appreciate the effort some contributors seem to put into not only the research but also the actual writing. I've definitely found myself reading a big article top-to-bottom like it's a magazine article.