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This week's Link Dump is hosted by more of our Christmas Cats!
Who the hell was Eadruf?
What a doctor has to say about near-death experiences.
Meet the guy who just flew in and out of an active volcano. I'm guessing the "out" part was the hardest.
In which Neanderthals clear a German forest.
Elizabeth I's childhood governess.
The rector's ghost.
A fatal race around the world.
The difficulties of having a ghost author a book.
The "Pet Rock" craze. (I remember this fad. One day, I picked up a stone from our backyard and brought it to school. I told everyone I had adopted it from a shelter.)
A real-life Christmas ghost story.
If you want to visit the South American rainforests so you can meet a poisonous spider the size of a puppy, be my guest.
The physiognomy of Oliver Cromwell, Mr. warts-and-all.
The opening of Selfridges department store.
This week in Russian Weird looks at their patron saint for nukes.
The trickster ghost of Muncaster Castle.
An infant's grave from 10,000 years ago.
More on last week's "killer dentures" story.
A hidden sketch in Rembrandt's "Night Watch."
A British disinformation campaign in WWI.
The notorious murder of Vera Page. (This is one of those where they "knew" who did it, but couldn't prove it.)
The world's first automobile.
A previously-unknown catlike species from 33 million years ago.
Three life-saving dogs.
That true-crime staple: committing murder in order to fake your own death.
Well, this is silly.
Yellow fashions from the 18th century.
The case of the mind-controlled model.
Some British serial poisoners.
A forgotten Gilded Age model.
Ireland's oldest known pen.
A collection of miniature children's books.
A duel over grammar.
A meeting of the unemployed takes a few unexpected turns.
A Brooklyn ice skating carnival in 1862.
The varying meanings of "rusty."
Victorian New Year's traditions.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a mysterious Christmas Eve tragedy. In the meantime, here's one of those songs that goes way back.
I don't know who Eadruf was but I know a Thor's hammer pendant from a cross which the article's author doesn't.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me about Pet Rocks. That was a fun fad. Everybody had one, and if you couldn't afford to buy one with pedigree, you could still rescue one from the wild.
ReplyDeleteOne more comment. Anyone who has participated in a horo or similar dance will understand this dancing mania. It is a community expression and transcendent experiences often happen. There is usually a gaida and a drum and other instruments. There is shouting and singing and stamping. There is a feast and a feeling of unity.
ReplyDeleteI can understand fighting a duel over grammar...
ReplyDeleteMY father named hispet rock Pierre.
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