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Friday links

Vintage animation lessons - how to make things cute.

Second Handwritten Copy of the Declaration of Independence Discovered in England.

The Evolution of Potty Training. 

Redshirts Aren't Likeliest to Die and Other Star Trek Math Lessons. Related: Doing the Math: How Many Tribbles Were Aboard the Enterprise?

Buffalo beauty contest held in Pakistan.

Italian Hand Gestures.

ICYMI, Tuesday's links are here, and include evaluating drunk witnesses, the FBI's pre-computer fingerprint operations, ANZAC Day, and, for Oliver Cromwell's birthday, his excellent (and evergreen) speech throwing out the corrupt Parliament.

Vintage animation lessons - how to make things cute

Animator Preston Blair (wiki), who at various times did work for Disney, Tex Avery, MGM, and Hannah Barbera, published several instructional books on the subject. This page on the elements of cuteness is from one of his books:

Here's another page, on how to draw hands:

 

More:

And these, on various movements:

Lots more at Google images.

Tuesday's links

April 25th is ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ) Day, the anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli.

Seven Things You Didn’t Know About Medieval Dragons.

Is a Drunk Witness a Bad Witness?

It's Oliver Cromwell's birthday - here's his excellent speech throwing out the corrupt Parliament, with bonus Monty Python.

The World's Most Stubborn Real Estate Holdouts.

Inside the FBI’s Colossal Pre-Computer Fingerprint Factory.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include the science of cheap wine, Earth Day's murderous co-founder, a 1964 coffee revolt, fighting communism with jazz, and a 1983 episode of The Family Feud that pitted the cast of Gilligan's Island against the cast of Batman.