https://img.pingcognito.com/post/34745/34745.mp3 Listen to NotebookLM opine about this article Princess Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy, the wife of and a native of Hungary, is currently in Baltimore and will soon travel to Philadelphia on July 4. In Philadelphia, she will be honored with a reception by the Hungarian community, with singing societies organizing an…

Isaac Asimov’s Veiled Message About Ascension Island
In this 1989 column, Isaac Asimov explores the mysterious migratory behavior of green sea turtles, who routinely travel 1,200 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Ascension Island to nest. Despite the distance, danger, and time, the turtles return—generation after generation. Asimov’s focus is ostensibly scientific: how do animals…

The Frog and the Crown: How the Merovingians Became the Fleur-de-Lys
From Richard Glenn to the Kings of Plus Ultra, the true memory of the Intra-Terrestrials lives on. https://img.pingcognito.com/post/62206/62206.mp3 Listen to the NotebookLM podcast discussing this article I grew up watching . Not the second version — the first one. The one who spoke without a filter, on late-night Quebec television,…

Undeniably Sensational Princess Parlaghy Invades Washington’s Quiet
Chicago Tribune, June 21, 1908, Page 5: 📰 PRINCESS BRINGS WILD BEASTS Garish Suite of Hungarian Invades Washington’s Quiet. RED AND GREEN LUGGAGE. Willard Hotel Torn by Advent of Woman Who Needs Twenty Rooms. Washington, D.C., June 20. — [Special.] — Princess Vilma Lwoff Parlaghy is in town. And that’s…

The Picturesque Princess Invades Capital
From: The Great Bend Register, 9 Jul 1908, Thu • Page 2 Princess Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy is in town. And that’s not all. https://img.pingcognito.com/post/34701/34701.mp3 With her are three maids, by courtesy French; first, second and third attaché; marshal, courtier, butler, chef, and, for good measure, three or four other menservants. And…