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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Why So Many Old Paintings Have Dogs Holding Lit Flares In Their Mouths
Description: There's a phenomenon in art history where some paintings feature dogs with lit flares in their mouths. They're not committing arson or leading Indiana Jones through a dark cave... but what are they doing? Plus: when YouTuber Mathieu Stern came across old film dating back to the year 1900, he developed it to find pictures of something you see plenty of on the internet today.Â
Wait, Why Are So Many Dogs Smoking Joints in Old Art? We Looked Into It, and the Answer Is Pretty Far Out (Artnet)
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