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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
Enjoy this week's Link Dump, while the Strange Company HQ staffers make tea!
Who the hell was the Lady in Red?
What in hell are the Dighton Rock inscriptions?
A 70-year-old Easter egg that's become a family heirloom.
Monkeys are, well, party animals.
The mysterious room inside India's National Library.
A new forensic method for ancient bones.
A look at Anglo-Saxon barbecues.
The possibility of life on Jupiter's moon Europa.
Evidence of the biggest earthquake in human history.
The disappearing World's Fairs.
A 50,000 year old pharmacy.
An Allied plot to assassinate Hitler.
A thoroughly modern mummy.
The bluebells of Bow Cemetery.
A pretty nutty art heist.
A small bit of courtroom humor.
A dinosaur who may have been killed by *that* asteroid.
There's a new theory that the Easter Island statues were just a big water filtration system. I can't say I'm convinced.
A close-up view of a Martian crater.
The sailor they couldn't drown.
Photos of everyday life in rural Victorian England.
A massive early 14th century hunting party.
Two cat-saving Fire Department dogs.
A newly-discovered photo of America's youngest serial killer.
A financial crisis in ancient Rome.
An archaeological site sheds light on an ancient civilization.
The bread crisis of 1795. From what I've been reading in the news, this post might be only too timely.
The blind playwright's daughter.
Ancient workout tips.
Some New York women who survived the Titanic.
The famed "Hammersmith Ghost" murder case.
The Case of the Churchyard Cur.
A pregnant woman's unsolved murder. (Although this post offers oblique hints about the possible guilty party.)
A cathedral in Spain may have the Holy Grail.
The professor who thought the answer to all our problems was to blow up the Moon.
The world's oldest fossils may have been found.
The slowest news day in history.
The world's most expensive watermelon.
The hazards of eating buns.
A detailed look at that notable partnership of Burke and Hare.
The code of beauty spots.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a ghost with a wounded ego. In the meantime, here's are some real oldies.
The 'courtroom humour' reminds me of the repartee from "Rumpole of the Bailey". And the secret room in the Indian National Library may have had an arched doorway because it was not always used for storing mud. But even so, why would a building need a room full of mud to strengthen it. I've never heard of anything like that anywhere else in the world.
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