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Welcome to this week's Link Dump!
We have breaking news!
What 50,000 year old tree resin tells us about human history.
There are some news items where all I can say is, "Holy crap."
And here's more proof that scientists get up to some very weird things.
The mystery of the Dixon Relics of the Great Pyramid.
Why we love autumn.
Britain's busiest executioner.
The medieval crime of "raptus."
Discovering the identity of a dead hiker on the Appalachian Trail.
A postcard that took its sweet time about being delivered.
Planets always seem to hide in the last place you'd look.
The walkathons of the Great Depression.
The economics of ancient Greece.
A construction company that's been around for 1,500 years.
The origins of the phrase, "money is no object."
The origins of the phrase, "Roger that."
The spooky sounds of the dark side of the Moon.
The filmmaker and the haunted hotel.
One set of dinosaur footprints, two different continents.
A walk along the White Cliffs of Dover.
When medieval woman participated in "trial by combat."
The origins of the "Wilhelm scream."
The latest research about Gobekli Tepe.
We've sent some really strange things into orbit.
An immoral ball in Bengal.
The "Human Owl."
Coffin makers go on strike.
The engineers of the Stone Age.
The 17th century's greatest hits.
Remembering the Continental Congress.
A brief history of eating contests.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll meet a Puritan madam. In the meantime, here's a little Early Music.
Good articles! I get the feeling that science, while capable of much good - especially in medicine - seems peopled with too many men and women who think 'because we can' is a sufficient reason for wasting time and money. The 'immoral' ball in Bengal is surprising; Phelps would have made a good chaplain to Roundheads. You know I'll be listening for the Wilhelm scream in the movies I watch... And I do love autumn - at least the first half...
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