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Church of Osteology The Gympie Bone Museum is Australia's first and only museum dedicated entirely to the art and science of modern bones and skeletons

The Gympie Bone Museum Project intends to be world class facility for the study and teaching of comparative anatomy as well as a tourism destination. We are now open in Condies Arcade, Mary St! Ever since it was just the bare bones of an idea, the community response has been enthusiastic and overwhelmingly supportive. It’s time for Gympie to shine as a regional hub for science, innovation and tourism. Gympie Bone Museum - come and see what you'll look like later

Napoleon Boneapart is the Christmas spirit 👻
13/12/2025

Napoleon Boneapart is the Christmas spirit 👻

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26/11/2025

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The plants depicted in the drawing are a combination of wall rue, a type of fern, and crustacean moss, which is a type of lichen. These plants were believed to have medicinal properties, particularly when found growing on human remains. This belief was based on the idea that the vital force of a person who had died a violent death was concentrated in their skull, and that this force could be transferred to the plants growing on it.
The combination of a skull and plants in this drawing reflects the historical intersection of science and folklore. It provides a glimpse into the beliefs and practices of the 17th century, and the ongoing fascination with the human body and the natural world.

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30/10/2025

🚗 One Crash. Three Postures. Three Fates.
Most people don’t think about it — but the way you sit in a car can decide whether you walk away from an accident… or never walk again.
When an airbag deploys, it doesn’t gently inflate — it explodes outward at over 300 km/h.
If you’re sitting upright, seatbelt on, feet on the floor — that force is absorbed safely, exactly how the system was designed.
But if your feet are on the dashboard, everything changes.
That same explosion can drive your knees into your face, break your legs, or crush your hips in an instant.
Even crossing your legs or slouching can twist your body into positions your bones can’t survive when the impact hits.
We tell ourselves, “It’s just a short trip” or “I’m just relaxing for a second.”
But crashes don’t wait for you to sit right.
So next time you buckle up — remember this rule:
🦶 Feet down.
🔒 Seatbelt on.
💪 Back straight.
Because comfort lasts a moment — but safety lasts a lifetime. 🚦

Horse teeth are the most beautiful though  🐎🦷🖤
21/10/2025

Horse teeth are the most beautiful though 🐎🦷🖤

In 1816, one of Sir Isaac Newton’s teeth was sold at auction for the remarkable sum of $3,633 — an enormous amount for the time. The buyer, believed to be an aristocratic admirer of Newton’s genius, had the tooth set into a ring, transforming the relic into an unusual piece of scientific and historical jewelry. Often referred to as the “Tooth of Genius,” the ring is said to feature the tooth framed in gold, a physical connection to one of history’s greatest minds.

Over two centuries later, this rare artifact remains a fascinating symbol of how deeply society revered Newton’s intellect and legacy. Collectors of historical memorabilia have continued to show interest, and the ring is now estimated to be worth around $62,000, though some appraisals place it closer to $30,000 depending on provenance and condition.

19/10/2025

Eight people died in the London Beer Flood, and since they’re dead we can’t ask them if it’s better drowning in beer than drowning in regular water. I assume it still sucks.

--On This Day in History S**t Went Down: October 17, 1814--

It was called the Horse Shoe Brewery, and it had been in business in central London for half a century. On the afternoon of October 17, 1814, a clerk noticed a problem with one of the vats. Standing twenty-two feet tall and filled to the brim with thirty-three tons of ten-month-old porter, one of the vat’s iron bands containing the behemoth of beer had slipped. The bands themselves weighed seven hundred pounds, and slipping was not uncommon. The clerk informed the supervisor, who told him to chill the f**k out. His exact words were “No harm whatsoever would ensue.” Yeah, he was wrong.

The plan was to fix it later, but later wouldn’t arrive. The band fell off, and with no warning the vat burst. This took out another vat to double the drunken drowning pleasure, and in all a few hundred thousand gallons of beer were released, destroying the back wall of the brewery and sending a fifteen-foot-high wave of suds down the street.

The deluge destroyed two houses and badly damaged two others. Five of the eight killed were attending an Irish wake for a two-year-old boy. Those inside the brewery survived but had to be pulled from the rubble.

Stories arose of hundreds of people gathering up the spilled beer, followed by much public drunkenness, but these were salacious rumors intended to slight the large Irish immigrant population in the neighborhood. No such revelry was reported by any credible source.

The brewery narrowly escaped insolvency, and the incident resulted in the phasing out of large wooden vats as beer containers.

Those who cannot remember the past need a history teacher who says “f**k” a lot. Get both volumes of “On This Day in History S**t Went Down” at JamesFell.com/books.

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I've done the research so you don't have to 🩻 Don't bake your kneecaps if you want to turn them into jewellery 🔥💎🚫 It ma...
16/09/2025

I've done the research so you don't have to 🩻
Don't bake your kneecaps if you want to turn them into jewellery
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It may dry them out but it won't degrease them so my money is on these being manky as in a few years 🤢
But, Hey! Elton's still standing. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!🎶🎹

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