Chris Evans also has a sexy brain?!
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Celebrity Story Time: George R. R. Martin, Part 1/3
(Source: fearisforthewinter, via fuckyeahbookarts)
Victorian Era Fangirl Guide: Bizarre Victorian fact of the day...
One of the first books on the subject of dieting was written in 1864 by an undertaker named William Banting. Banting’s family firm had organised the funerals of several famous figures including the Duke of Wellington and Prince Albert. William had struggled with obesity for much of his life and at the age of 65 began a diet which was based on limiting portions and cutting down on carbohydrates. The diet proved incredibly successful and Banting shared his experience in his booklet ‘A Letter on Corpulence’. The publication was an instant success and remained popular throughout the 19th century. Even into the 1920s people on diets would say they were “banting”.
"If Quentin Coldwater stumbled on a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, he’d constantly complain about how heavy it was and how the coins didn’t fit in any vending machines and why couldn‘t they have just put the money into a nice cashier‘s check that he could have fit neatly in his wallet and then deposited in the bank?"
- Opening ¶ of Kemper’s Review of The Magician King
