This week's Link Dump is hosted by the lovely (and youthful) Mac!
A very remote island community.
A multi-million dollar royal fraud.
The other Homo sapiens.
A massacre that never was.
The grave of a 7th century "Ice Prince."
A case of levitation.
Warning: The very disturbing story of a girl who spent most of her short life in an attic.
The legends surrounding the murder of Rasputin.
In search of the remains of WWII airmen.
A naval odyssey under two flags.
A brief history of monkey bread.
A brief history of Art Deco.
This is not a chair for claustrophobics.
How snails and oysters became luxury foods. (I personally see them as foods that I'd run miles in tight shoes to avoid, but whatever.)
The healing power of sunlight.
A lost naval portrait.
Rules for 19th century coal mines.
How root beer got its name.
The mysterious moose of New Zealand.
An ancient fish may explain why we get toothaches. It's a weird old world.
So a bunch of bored Capuchin monkeys have become kidnappers. Like I said, the world is weird.
Palaeontologists start feuding over an ancient skull. Like I said...
The last Papal warship.
A visit to Samuel Johnson's house.
Empress Eugenie and a spectral scent of violets.
An ancient mummy with unusual tattoos.
Some notable New Orleans graveyards.
A probable wrongful murder conviction.
Some cases of couples who disappeared along with their cars.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a Weird Will. In the meantime, here's Neil Young.
I first learned of Tristan da Cunha when I collected stamps in the 1970s... I wouldn't mind living on a remote island, but Saint Helena would be better; it's not as barren, and doesn't have a volcano. In his book "Six", Michael Smith puts forward the theory that Rasputin was murdered at least with help from the British SIS, though his evidence is circumstantial. The 'mad monk' had domestic enemies enough to worry about, without involving the British.
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