It's Link Dump time!
Everybody dance!
Why it took so long to avenge a rape/murder.
When is someone really dead? The answer can be...complicated.
Why you don't want to make a pet out of a mummified cat.
Nothing to see here, just a killer slime taking over France.
A dog's problematic funeral. (Reminiscent of the saga of Billy Hansbrough.)
It seems that the editor of Encyclopedia Britannica had an even more interesting side gig.
You wouldn't want a giant asteroid to hit the earth again. It would really ruin your day. Not to mention your species.
The misadventures of HMS Wager.
George Africanus: from slave to successful English businessman.
Contemporary news reports about the development of the polio vaccine.
The week wouldn't be complete without a post about hallucinogenic giraffe livers.
If you're looking for a campsite, it might be best to ignore Braley Pond.
Why John Dillinger is still causing trouble.
An 18th century female fossil hunter.
An asylum for the deaf and dumb children of the poor.
This is pretty horrible: dogs are dying in Norway, and nobody knows why.
The stone that protects London.
Finding the Devil in Swanton Morley.
Jane Austen's sister-in-law.
I'll say this for the Devil; no one can top him as a disciplinarian.
Europe's lost continent.
A husband-murderer's dreadful end.
The most haunted forest in Romania.
Believe it or not, it isn't a good idea to swallow padlocks.
You're best off not swallowing flies, either.
A brief history of the real Downton Abbey.
A fugitive's strange suicide.
A notorious novel goes on trial.
Beau Nash and the Rules of Bath.
How 19th century streetcars led to giant cats.
Dueling, Andrew Jackson style.
The inventor who made ghosts.
The importance of a worm fossil.
A dentist/firearms inventor.
The Crusader Earl.
Medieval wine-making.
The world's oldest city.
The Case of the Disappearing Observatory.
That does it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a unique ghost story. In the meantime, yet another classic summer song:
Mary Anning was also the inspiration for, "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."
ReplyDeleteMy favorite link this week: the world's oldest city. As always, loving the weekend links.
ReplyDeleteThat's a shame about the slime inundating French beaches. Since they know its cause, you would think something would be done about it. Perhaps when it has a sufficiently large effect on the tourism trade.
ReplyDeletePerhaps French beaches need something like the London Stone - of which I had never heard until now.
The poor terrified 'dancing' cat...
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