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The Disney story of the Beauty and the Beast that many of us are familiar with today is generally believed to be based on a couple of stories written in the late 1700s. But who were THOSE stories based on?

Take a stroll with me down a very old and dark road and learn about Petrus Gonsalvus, a man born in 1537 with Congenital Hypertrichosis Languinosa; a man who lived anything but an ordinary life.

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SOURCES:

https://youtu.be/inM7P7oYM5Q?si=rcYUf_ueR8ntgnm7  

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/423820 (Published in 2011 - No newer Stat Available for total Cases of Congenital Hypertrichosis Languinosa) 

The Many Myths of Catherine de' Medici 

Secret hand gestures in paintings

The Tragic Life of the REAL "Beast" in Beauty and the Beast  EWU

Petrus Gonsalvus And The Real Beauty And The Beast Story All That’s Interesting

The true stories behind Beauty and the Beast and other Disney stories - BBC News 

The struggles of the world's hairiest family - BBC News 

The Real-Life Beauty And The Beast - Deep English    

https://theroyalwomen.com/2022/01/16/catherine-gonsalvus/  The Royal Women 

The Real Beauty and the Beast Didn’t Live Happily Ever After  The History Collection

Beauty and the Beast: The Man Behind the Myth - France Today
798) Catherine Gonsalvus The Exasperated Historian’s Women’s List #798

Blue: nature's most naturally unnatural color.

Many know that nature has a scarcity of blue, but what you may not know is that what blue there IS, probably isn't blue at all.

Want to know what I mean? Check out this episode of The Rainy Book Nook and learn about why blue butterflies are blue, what the heck a bile pigment is, and your next new favorite color.

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Pictures in IG Post:

https://earthbuddies.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Hewitsons_Olivewing_Nessaea_hewitsonii_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/image/imgsrv.fcgi?cid=102059834&t=l

http://images2.pics4learning.com/catalog/b/blue2.jpg

Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

One Common Ancestor Behind Blue Eyes | Live Science 

Rare Colors: How Nature Creates Blue Hues

Why don't Americans have a name for the color 'light blue?' Study finds unique color terms used in Japan, US

Jayarava's Raves: Seeing Blue.   

Carotenoids: 

Carotenoids - Definition, Function and Types | Biology Dictionary

On December 22nd, 1987 over the span of two hours, two separate signal jamming incidents took place in Chicago during late night television.

Max Headroom, "the world's first computer generated television host" was the face on the mask - but who was behind it?

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Sources:  The Story Of The Max Headroom Incident, America's Creepiest Unsolved

TV HackThe Max Headroom Incident: The Greatest Unsolved Mystery in Pirate Television

The Max Headroom Incident — Unresolved

 The Masked Lunatic That Hijacked American News • Mystery Files