The book of the damned
by Charles Fort · first published 1919
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The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types of anomalous phenomena including UFOs, strange falls of both organic and inorganic materials from the sky, odd weather patterns, the possible existence of creatures generally held to be mythological, disappearances of people under strange circumstances, and many other phenomena, the book is historically considered to be the first written in the specific field of anomalistics.
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…more of that inter-ideological friction happening. This is not a conscious act. It's more like gravity. Gallivanting glaciers. Or weather. Charles Fort examined this phenomenon a bit. Check out his "Book of the Damned" for more on that.
on “The death of the private citizen?” ↗…of popular stories explaining why all to other systems are bad. Ants defending the ideological hive. You see it in science, religion and politics. Charles Fort addresses this phenomenon in his "The Book Of The Damned".
on “Medieval people bathed regularly” ↗…appear to be invariably mutually antagonistic. They can't suffer each other to exist. They compete and self-preserve with a nigh biological zeal. It's weird. Charles Fort discusses it a bit in his "Book of the Damned".
on “Inca civilization was better at skull surgery than Civil War doctors” ↗…unusual) has been accepted. Looks like the magazine is still published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fort#Fortean_phenomena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortean_Times Original edition of 'Book of the Damned': https://archive.org/details/bookofdamnedbych00fortrich/page/...
on “Out-of-Place Artifact” ↗An alternative vector: "cloud seeding" (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/sep/09/science.rese...) Charles Fort collected numerous data for his famous "The Book of the Damned" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Damned
on “Hunter-gatherers introduced fish to a mountain lake 7000 years ago” ↗