Maddy · @littleragdollcat
128 followers · 148 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Suzanne Karr Schmidt · @DrKarrSchmidt
399 followers · 85 posts · Server mindly.social

Death By Chocolate Advent Calendar?


Day 21/24

Come-Hither Chocolate Advent Calendar!
German merchant Cornelius Heilwagen's friends gave him many risqué illuminations for his 18th c. album amicorum. This "lady's" chocolate is so alluring that her romantic target's face was censored!
(Case MS 5471)

Many early modern treatises were penned about the morality and healthfulness of chocolate, drinking and otherwise, once it became a fad.

#adventcalendar2022 #december21 #NewberryLibrary

Last updated 2 years ago

Hülya Avcı🦋 · @HulyaAvci
204 followers · 108 posts · Server fediscience.org

🌞 “Ignite the light within you, let it burn, and show you a way through this darkness.”
— Today is the shortest day of the year. Happy 🤍

#december21 #wintersolstice

Last updated 2 years ago

MarkMaguire · @MarkMaguire
577 followers · 1143 posts · Server mastodon.ie
CafeXperiment :verified: · @cafexperiment
163 followers · 307 posts · Server mastodon.coffee

La scoperta del caffè fu, a suo modo, importante quanto l’invenzione del telescopio o del microscopio. Il caffè infatti ha inaspettatamente intensificato e modificato le capacità e la vivacità del cervello umano.
– Heinrich Eduard Jaco

#quoteoftheday #coffeequote #december21

Last updated 2 years ago

Mufasa · @ne1for23
340 followers · 31 posts · Server betweenthelions.link

Jan. 6 committee plans to issue criminal referrals with its final report this month
The panel investigating the attack on the Capitol aims to issue the report on Dec. 21, Chairman Bennie Thompson said.


nbcnews.com/politics/congress/

#january6th #january6thcommittee #december21 #finalreport #criminalreferrals

Last updated 2 years ago