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- Wernher von Braun: When Will We Land on Mars? (1965) https://books.google.com/books/about/Popular_Science.html?id=LSYDAAAAMBAJ 2 comments
- Get rich quick ads from 1909 http://books.google.com/books?id=nN8DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA476&pg=PA22&vq=tesla#v=onepage&q&f=false 21 comments
- Your brain consumes 20% of the calories you eat http://books.google.com/books?ct=result&dq=aiello+wheeler&ei=DSJtSvT3KIOoswOL1NnKDg&id=TJF_xQAuLOYC&lpg=PA99&oi=book_result&ots=p-RJnafjQ5&pg=PA99&resnum=9&sa=X&sig=HjBm49PlnTV0Qws2LWb7NezcwJE&source=bl 3 comments
- Google Only Giving Book Results After Update https://books.google.com 3 comments chrome
- "A TRVE RELATION OF THOSE SAD AND LAMENTABLE Accidents, which happened in and about the Parish Church of Withycombe in the Dartmoores, in Devonshire, on Sunday the 2I. of October last, I638." "2I" is 21, "I638" is 1638--"a great ball of fire", "head was cloven", "cloaths burnt", "like slimy powder" https://books.google.com/books?id=xRoVAAAAQAAJ 3 comments aliens
- Alternatives to Google Books search https://books.google.com 6 comments degoogle
- Have you heard about this historian? https://books.google.com/books/about/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E9%A3%9F%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%B2.html?id=wtILAAAAYAAJ 6 comments china
- Can anyone explain the dip seen in the use of the word "door" bottoming out in the 60's? https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=7&case_insensitive=on&content=door&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cdoor%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bdoor%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bdoor%3B%2Cc0#t4%3B%2Cdoor%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bdoor%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bdoor%3B%2Cc0 8 comments linguistics
- 18th Century Fencing Manual https://books.google.com/books/about/the_school_of_fencing.html?id=k0ccaaaaqaaj&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=false 9 comments europe
- TIL: estimated 4.6 million people died in Aurangzeb's Deccan campaign alone https://books.google.com/books?id=0-fqhlaipr4c&pg=pa229&lpg=pa229&dq=matthew+white+aurangzeb&source=bl&ots=imse1lalzh&sig=f9rxbjgcw5mo-fzziz8fj0odalg&hl=en&sa=x#v=onepage&q&f=false 10 comments india
- A funny story about Rick Nash from Sean Pronger's book Journeyman https://books.google.com/books?id=cvxrswza_k4c&pg=pt264&lpg=pt264&dq=rick+nash+per+diem+story&source=bl&ots=hrhp3aqnw1&sig=qfv1ncfmswm6tl7mhhr6geufnve&hl=en&sa=x&ved=0ahukewibtanssyrkahwdpcykhzh0dp0q6aeimjad#v=onepage&q=rick%20nash%20per%20diem%20story&f=false 9 comments hockey
- Oh the sixties! https://books.google.com/books?id=fu-sjqudb_0c&pg=pa24&dq=%22almost+every+branch+of+pure+mathematics+is+now+being+put+to+work%22+%22managed+to+remain+quite+useless%22+%22so-called+theory+of+numbers%22&hl=en&sa=x&#v=onepage&q=%22almost%20every%20branch%20of%20pure%20mathematics%20is%20now%20being%20put%20to%20work%22%20%22managed%20to%20remain%20quite%20useless%22%20%22so-called%20theory%20of%20numbers%22&f=false 7 comments math
- Conditional nesting like a pro https://books.google.com/books?id=cfsncgaaqbaj&pg=pa135&dq=func+stockleveldidchange&hl=en&sa=x&ved=0ccaq6aewagovchmi_zx3siojxwivvdwich0gjaci#v=onepage&q=func%20stockleveldidchange&f=false 5 comments swift
- TIL grandmaster Savielly Tartakower not only solicited the advice of an orangutan on what chess opening he should play, he followed it. https://books.google.com/books?id=8-fb3mgsn5yc&pg=pt63&lpg=pt63&dq=game+of+kings+orangutan+opening&source=bl&ots=1s9lcbnhme&sig=zvpmbdf-okjnhrrc2aau3iwllt0&hl=en&sa=x&ei=yvhlvbhaf4m-ggthq4gacw&ved=0ccuq6aewaq#v=onepage&q=game%20of%20kings%20orangutan%20opening&f=false 8 comments chess
- In the 1970's, any Steeler player who whined or dogged it in practice was given the "Bleeding Pussy Award" (a tampon)... https://books.google.com/books?id=_xckwphte2wc&pg=pa54&lpg=pa54&dq=bleeding+pussy+award+steelers+tampon&source=bl&ots=o1zh83t6ay&sig=vxofct1u1d--chuythn40uxir3k&hl=en&sa=x&ei=2zervizakskdyatcsikqaw&ved=0ccuq6aewaq#v=onepage&q=bleeding%20pussy%20award%20steelers%20tampon&f=false 141 comments nfl
- Positives and Negatives of Google Books (Ngrams) http://books.google.com/ngrams 13 comments linguistics
- An interview with a 91 year old American revolution veteran who talks about why he fought. http://books.google.com/books?id=uc8kp_qtw-sc&pg=pa1&lpg=pa1&dq=captain+levi+preston&source=bl&ots=vt6x5m4wjd&sig=mk_swaihri1ueyif1pivieoipvo&hl=en&sa=x&ei=rfkruf-2oeojjakwjigadw&ved=0ceuq6aewaw#v=onepage&q=captain%20levi%20preston&f=false 12 comments history
- TIL: As a result of the War on Drugs, African-Americans have been incarcerated at more than six times the per capita rate of whites. It costs $35,587 to house a prisoner each year in a California prison. It costs $31,700 to send a student to the University of California. http://books.google.com/books?id=u4cgxvlnw-ec&pg=pa25&lpg=pp1&dq=righteous+dopefiend#v=onepage&q=debacle&f=false 22 comments science
- David Benatar's Analytic Existentialism: Thinking Clearly About Big Questions http://books.google.com/books?id=09weczeYoEsC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22analytic+existentialism%22&source=bl&ots=1Z1emYlB-y&sig=zJBplTXpWvMryJ99IHvB-j6xI30&hl=en&sa=X&ei=c8IwUYvpF8ms0AHb04CYBQ&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=true 4 comments philosophy
- Well, the NLCS was a bit different the last time that SF and STL met... http://books.google.com/books?id=_vvxcekkqcac&pg=pa50&lpg=pa50&dq=one+flap+down+one+mouth+open&source=bl&ots=vf2jrfzvhi&sig=mzgq4ftrd0lm_5cqeoiykzvl6ma&hl=en&sa=x&ei=b7gbumajbewvyahf9igaag&ved=0cduq6aewaq#v=onepage&q=one%20flap%20down%20one%20mouth%20open&f=false 7 comments baseball
- TIL that Pele once got an unfair red card for breaking a fight in a game in Colombia and walked out of the field accordingly only to be met at the bench by his team directors, etc telling him to go back bc they had kicked out the main referee and one of the side referees took over. http://books.google.com/books?id=v6eclqzy2tgc&pg=pa61&dq=during+a+game+in+colombia,+something+happened+that+pele+was+sure&hl=en&sa=x&ei=mjept86leeam2gwrjmsmag&ved=0cduq6aewaa#v=onepage&q=during%20a%20game%20in%20colombia%2C%20something%20happened%20that%20pele%20was%20sure&f=false 26 comments soccer
- "Historians' Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought". Greatest History Book Ever Written? http://books.google.com/books/about/historians_fallacies.html?id=7_g2uumjceqc 4 comments history
- What happened to infinitesimals? There appears to be a drop in popularity during the last half century (not the word infinitesimal proper)? http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=infinitesimal&year_start=1700&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 18 comments math
- A 30-Line Regex Matcher http://books.google.com/books?id=gjrmsznhqv4c&lpg=pp1&pg=pa3#v=onepage&q&f=true 10 comments programming
- A great case against the existence of closers. http://books.google.com/books?id=vsmnfvukjskc&pg=pa58&lpg=pa58&dq=are+teams+letting+their+closers+go+to+waste&source=bl&ots=t6zl-ftjx5&sig=uwirzalbkcfylr-v__epjl9izac&hl=en&ei=kpw5tfaincpr0gh3ta3bag&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0cbyq6aewaa#v=onepage&q&f=false 9 comments baseball
- TIL one aspect of Julius Caesar's genius was his "novel" use of mercy as a strategy for gaining allies: "This is a new way of conquest: we grow strong through pity and generosity." http://books.google.com/books?id=or-ljebawicc&pg=pa380&lpg=pa380&dq=%22this+is+a+new+way+of+conquest:+we+grow+strong+through+pity+and+generosity.%22&source=bl&ots=csdejxeq8v&sig=v-jta7cbbx_9wgk6tridxhv3kum&hl=en&ei=t38ftpuce8_viaknk7deaw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0cbuq6aewaa#v=onepage&q=%22this%20is%20a%20new%20way%20of%20conquest%3A%20we%20grow%20strong%20through%20pity%20and%20generosity.%22&f=false 23 comments history
- The subjects you propose for a series of Mathematical and Metaphysical Essays are so very profound, that there is perhaps not a single subscriber to our Journal who could follow them. http://books.google.com/books?id=gkwunaistsgc&pg=pa94&lpg=pa94&dq=%22it+is+with+no+inconsiderable+degree+of+reluctance+that+i+decline+the+offer%22&source=bl&ots=fbzs5jeyy-&sig=ydi6b2fmuserbsjedszxvobj7yi&hl=en&ei=llkjtyrznslvgqfbrlmecg&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0cboq6aewaq#v=onepage&q=%22it%20is%20with%20no%20inconsiderable%20degree%20of%20reluctance%20that%20i%20decline%20the%20offer%22&f=false 5 comments compsci
- I give you THE worst English sentence in a published novel. http://books.google.com/books?id=m9cvwdhw2tec&pg=pt34&lpg=pt34&dq=isabel%27s+heart+dropped+right+to+her+vagina+and+started+throbbing+there.&source=bl&ots=vwimwrrxye&sig=wisieefa5tukph2no4buzdjqoem&hl=en&ei=xvdatyrwkii8sqopzmjmcg&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0cbmq6aewaa#v=onepage&q=isabel%27s%20heart%20dropped%20right%20to%20her%20vagina%20and%20started%20throbbing%20there.&f=false 38 comments reddit.com
- My current favorite fictional character. Parker is amazing! http://books.google.com/books?id=wv8DncpgoL8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=richard+stark&hl=en&ei=YLIwTa6IJITGlQeZ4_nhCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false 4 comments books
- [book plug] This is a very intro to philosophy of language http://books.google.com/books?id=8ctqvltbyfwc&lpg=pp1&dq=contemporary%20introduction%20to%20the%20philosophy%20of%20language&pg=pp1#v=onepage&q&f=false 2 comments philosophy
- Can anybody decode the age of this book? http://books.google.com/books?id=p6faaaaacaaj&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false 11 comments history
- Over 100 years ago, Nicola Tesla correctly predicted cellphones and wireless internet access http://books.google.com/books?id=nn8daaaambaj&lpg=pa477&dq=%22it%20will%20only%20be%20necessary%20to%20carry%20an%20inexpensive%20instrument%20not%20bigger%20than%22&pg=pa477#v=onepage&q=%22it%20will%20only%20be%20necessary%20to%20carry%20an%20inexpensive%20instrument%20not%20bigger%20than%22&f=false 40 comments technology
- College Students, TAKE NOTICE! Before you buy that next college book, check google books. They scan college and many othe types of books and make them available for free. Thank you, google. They saved me over $100 on this book alone. http://books.google.com/books?id=vsbhwkm3qcmc&printsec=frontcover&dq=sociology+in+our+times&hl=en&ei=n9bzti2znoecsqozmjcicg&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0cdcq6aewaa#v=onepage&q&f=false 25 comments reddit.com
- Responding to Popper's Response to the Frankfurt Schoolers http://books.google.com/books?id=H0FP0DQPN34C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA155#v=onepage&q&f=false 12 comments philosophy
- A geologist proposed bombing Japan's volcanoes to win the war in a January 1944 issue of Popular Science. http://books.google.com/books?id=_ykdaaaambaj&lpg=pa103&dq=can%20we%20blast%20japan%20from%20below&as_brr=1&as_pt=magazines&pg=pa103#v=onepage&q=&f=false 15 comments history
- So Popular Science has partnered with Google to put their entire back catalog online. I did a quick search for "Grand Prix"... http://books.google.com/books?id=qSEDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=RA2-PA259#v=onepage&q=&f=false 5 comments formula1
- Is there a proper scientific explanation as to why one can dip one's hand in boiling tar, hold it for a few seconds, take it out, and not suffer burns? http://books.google.com/books?id=vrY4AAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA111&ots=eyR8k-C36b&dq=hand%20in%20boiling%20tar&pg=PA111#v=onepage&q=hand%20in%20boiling%20tar&f=false 18 comments science
- Bat Boy lives! Every issue of Weekly World News is now available on Google Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=b-8daaaambaj&vq=bat&source=gbs_navlinks_s#all_issues_anchor 3 comments reddit.com
- The Pattern Book [awsom!!!] http://books.google.com/books?id=j8idtfl6j_ac&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 4 comments math
- My Teacher Is an Alien. http://books.google.com/books?id=c6yjj8hkxeoc&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22+science+fiction+%22&lr=&as_brr=3&rview=1&sig=acfu3u3c3yd7gfaxvyncrzvhu0ex5lwwpq#ppp1,m1 4 comments reddit.com
- "So then I typed GOTO 500 -- and here I am" [pic] http://books.google.com/books?id=1alwbxiticyc&pg=pa4&sig=t5uksx_pfxl7u9fg08gpn9pjgyi 8 comments programming
- The Art of the Metaobject Protocol - Google Book Search http://books.google.com/books?id=3x5gnudn3k0c&printsec=frontcover 7 comments programming
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- Google Now Using ReCAPTCHA To Decode Street View Addresses • TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/google-now-using-recaptcha-to-decode-street-view-addresses/ 43 comments
- 25 sources of free public domain books http://ebookfriendly.com/free-public-domain-books-sources/ 29 comments
- Digitizing Smell: Using Molecular Maps to Understand Odor – Google AI Blog https://ai.googleblog.com/2022/09/digitizing-smell-using-molecular-maps.html 21 comments
- 10. Art and Images - The Standard Ebooks Manual of Style - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.7.0/10-art-and-images#10.3.3.7.4 14 comments
- How to Get Books When Bookstores and Libraries Are Closed - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/books/coronavirus-free-books-digital.html 13 comments
- Scan Your Books And Search Them On Google | TechCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/07/scan-your-books-and-search-them-on-google/ 9 comments
- 100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!) | TED Blog http://blog.ted.com/2007/08/03/100_websites_yo/ 8 comments
- GitHub - jivoi/awesome-osint: A curated list of amazingly awesome OSINT https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-osint 8 comments
- Google Lets You Custom-Print Millions of Public Domain Books | WIRED http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/09/google-books-publish-on-demand/ 7 comments
- Lawyer taps Google Books, finds 18th century argument against death penalty - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/rosenwald-md/post/lawyer-taps-google-books-finds-18th-century-argument-against-death-penalty/2013/01/04/aed020a2-5674-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_blog.html 5 comments
- GitHub - ai-collection/ai-collection: A collection of AI projects https://github.com/ai-collection/ai-collection 5 comments
- ChatGPT, OpenAI, Napster: AI is the future, and so are the lawsuits - Vox https://www.vox.com/recode/23580554/generative-ai-chatgpt-openai-stable-diffusion-legal-battles-napster-copyright-peter-kafka-column 5 comments
- Judge Rejects Google’s Deal to Digitize Books - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/technology/23google.html?_r=1 4 comments
- Comparing Apple’s and Google’s on-device OCR technologies | by Omar M’Haimdat | Heartbeat https://heartbeat.fritz.ai/comparing-apples-and-google-s-on-device-ocr-technologies-fc5c7becf9f0 4 comments
- 6 Ways to Publish Your Own Book | Mashable http://mashable.com/2009/03/01/publish-book/ 3 comments
- Google's Top Ten Products (More Or Less) • TechCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/31/googles-top-ten-products-more-or-less/ 2 comments
- Iowa's "Open Access" Policy is Nothing But a Trojan Horse | HuffPost Latest News http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-pillow/iowas-open-access-poli_b_91322.html 2 comments
- About - Gadgetry https://gadgetry.wythoff.net/about 1 comment
- Microsoft kills books search engine because books aren't fun | Salon.com http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/05/23/microsoft_books_search/index.html 1 comment
- Google Book Settlement Site Is Up; Paying Authors $60 Per Scanned Book | TechCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/11/google-book-settlement-site-is-up-paying-authors-60-per-scanned-book/ 1 comment