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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
This week's Link Dump is open for business!
I'm sorry, but you latecomers will have to stand in the back.
We're still wondering: What the hell was Oumuamua?
The days of summer beanos.
A jealous woman murders her stepdaughter.
Tomb robbing was a big business in ancient Egypt.
Jerry Fox, Brooklyn's hero cat.
The still-mysterious murder of Olof Palme.
Los Angeles once had a Nazi bookstore.
The Wenlock Olympian Games, 1850.
The gruesome murder of a brutal husband.
No-bake cake recipes from the Great Depression.
Some memorable old newspaper typos.
New insights into the first Australians.
The geometric livestock of 19th century Britain.
A list of the most annoying words. Eh, whatever.
The latest about the Shroud of Turin.
The end of the tradition of putting mourning crape on the door.
Some new information about Viking monetary systems.
A wonderful "Supermoon" photo.
The "Brits Abroad" stereotype.
When Earth turned into a giant snowball.
America's first WWII flying hero.
Ancient paintings of supernatural figures.
The link between wine and the dinosaurs.
Will the real Holy Grail please stand up?
A possible urban legend: the woman who survived being buried alive.
Cheese goes a very long way back.
The evolution of the word, "weird."
The martyrdom of Anne Askew.
A forgotten amusement park in the Bronx.
A brief history of ticker tape parades.
The cats of John F. Kennedy Park.
Hitler's "most dangerous man in Europe."
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll meet a Colonial witch. In the meantime, here's some rock from back in the day.
Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteMy most annoying, horrible sounding disgusting word? Casserole
ReplyDeleteI didn't know the countryside excurisions were called 'beanos'; I don't think the article gives the origin of the word. Could it be because they were originally trips of temporary labour to farms to harvest crops, like beans? I know people did that for hops in Kent. I recall hearing of the murder of Palme, but I didn't know he was so controversial; he must have been the likeliest target in Europe at the time. The story of Essie Dunbar at least sounds plausible. I'd hate to be the doctor who misdiagnosed her death, and was remembered for it in an obituary. And "The Lido Shuffle"; I know I heard that at a junior high school dance... Good times.
ReplyDeleteI was curious enough about "Beano" to do a little digging, and I found this explanation.
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean-feast#:~:text=A%20bean%2Dfeast%2C%20also%20known,festival%20from%20the%20Low%20Countries.