Weekend Link Dump

 

Welcome to this week's Link Dump, which is so action-packed, not one, but four hosts were required!

Two ships from the "dawn of naval aviation."

It turns out that wild chimpanzees are pretty good drummers.

If you're planning to visit the Grand Canyon, maybe think twice about that.

I was in a happier frame of mind before I learned that there is a spider that can outrun humans.

A really confusing place in Canada.

Weird lights off the coast of Greenland.

JMW Turner's "matchless vale."

So maybe "witches' marks"...weren't witches' marks.  Bummer.

In case you were wondering, being a 19th century sailor generally wasn't much fun.

The tradition of "bedding ceremonies."

Daniel Defoe, government spy.

Newly discovered medieval shipwrecks.

Snake the Bigfoot Hunter is claiming victory.

Once again, it's "let's rewrite human history time!"

Mark Twain as a "local industry."

The oldest evidence of mourning rituals.

The modern "faerie phenomenon."

So, you ship a dead human and a live dog.  Hilarity ensues.

"Little House on the Prairie"-style recipes.

Butterflies remember being caterpillars.

A look at medieval pilgrimages.

Evidence for a "lost" ancient Egyptian city.

The days when Americans paid good money to see a "Man-Bear."

Manhattan's last farm.

The mystery of the Pied Piper.

How Coolidge became "Silent Cal."

A ballad inspired by a once-notorious murder.

That's all for this week!  See you on Monday, when we'll look at a lunar mystery.  In the meantime, here's Sam & Dave.