ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Thrill Land: A Site for Curiosity Seekers</title> <STYLE type=text/css> A:hover {TEXT-DECORATION: underline} A:link {TEXT-DECORATION: none} A:visited {TEXT-DECORATION: none} A:hover,a:active {TEXT-DECORATION: underline} </style> <STYLE type="text/css"><!-- A:link{color:white;cursor:hand} A:visited{color:white;cursor:hand} A:active{color:white;cursor:hand} A:hover{color:#F0E68C;cursor:hand} --></STYLE> </head> <body background="images/nbg.png"><script type="text/javascript" src="tooltip_e_files/wz_tooltip.js"></script> <CENTER><IMG SRC="images/bannererx0.png" align="center" width="909" height="208" align="center" border=0></CENTER> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 "valign="top" align="center"> <TD valign="top" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><IMG SRC="images/leftblng.png" align="center" width="46" height="126"></TD> <td cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 valign="top" align="center"> <!-- *** UPPER-LEFT *** --> <td width="180" align="center" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align="left" valign="top" background="images/psyctop.png"> <table align="center" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <td><CENTER><BR><BR> <BR><font color="khaki"><font face="Impact"> <BR><BR><BR> <a href="http://www.thrilland.com/">SITE HOME</a><BR> <a href="http://www.thrilland.com/about.htm">ABOUT US</a><BR> <a href=" ">LINK TO NOWHERE</a><BR> <a href="mailto:yourfriendandservant@thrillland.com">CONTACT US</a> <font size=-3> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></font> <font color="khaki"> <a href="cryptozoology.htm">CRYPTOZOOLOGY</a><BR> <a href="daikaijueiga.htm">DAIKAIJU EIGA</a><BR> <a href="luchafilm.htm">LUCHA FILM</a><BR> <a href="swordandsandal.htm">SWORD AND SANDAL</a><BR> <BR> <font size=-2> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></font><font color="khaki"> <a href="http://www.lumberwoods.com/">LUMBERWOODS</a><BR> <a href="http://www.bumpassva.com/">BUMPASS, U.S.A.</a><BR> <a href="http://www.thrillland.com/">THRILL LAND</a> <BR> <td/><tr><TD><center> <BR><BR> </center> <IMG SRC="images/shell.png"> &nbsp; </td> </tr> </table> <center> </STYLE> </td> <!-- *** HEADER *** --> <td valign=top background="images/bgx.png" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <!-- Codes by Quackit.com --> <div style="height:700px;width:630px;overflow:scroll;"><br><br><br> <IMG SRC="images/thrillland.png" width=300 height=225 hspace=10 align="left" border=0 alt="Logo"><font face="Georgia"> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Kunstkammer, Wunderkammer, Wonder-rooms, or Cabinet of Curiosities were private collections comprised of a compilation of odd and curious things, reaching their prominence during the 1600s. <BR><BR> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Often called,  theaters of the world, a cabinet of curiosities were places to exhibit a sense of wonder of the unknown, love for the obscure, and express the eccentric interest of their owner. Science however began to unravel the secrets behind many of these mysterious objects and so through a process of demystification facts replaced speculation, the museum the wonder-room, and cold logic the wonder.<BR><BR> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; It has been the greatest pursuit of my existence to inquire, and learn of the most topical anonymity to satisfy my curiousity. Upon countless hours of research and years thereafter what resulted was, as best can be described A vast and glorious wealth of the most obscure, trivial, and random knowledge known to man. As you may well have guessed a pratical application for this is hard to find. It is of little revelance to daily life, and cannot earn you a job let alone a degree. In asking myself what to do with it, I came to the conclusion to compile my knowledge into a website. An online cabinet of curiousity not of physical items, but thoughts, ideas, culture, history, and curiosity itself. My own "Theater of the World" which to regale web suffers.<BR><BR> The intention of the author is merely to give a brief introduction on the more intriguing entries. Consolidating them in one convenient location, so that the reader may investigate further should it please them. - Lenwood S. 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