Welcome to this week's Link Dump!
Uh, sir, the sign over there says "No smo..." oh, never mind.
What the hell happened to Mercury's meteorites?
An influential Queen Consort.
Some striking-looking carousels.
If you want to please gorillas, give them truffles.
The battleship best known for promoting cigarettes.
The Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403.
The diary of a lonely ship stewardess.
How supernatural beliefs vary across America.
So, how do you wear a gown made of glass? Very carefully.
The pirate city that was swallowed by the sea.
The eccentric works of Lord Dunsany.
Watercolors depicting Old Spitalfields.
The royal "pyramids" of Scotland.
We're still talking about Agatha Christie's weird disappearance.
We're still talking about the Scopes Monkey Trial.
A brief history of gardening books.
The fine art of restoring mourning crepe.
The disappearance of Michael Alfinito.
The mysterious "dwarf" chambers of India.
The St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421.
The life of medieval knight Othon de Grandson.
William Burroughs and DMT.
The ever-popular mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau.
The sled from "Citizen Kane" just sold for a silly amount of money.
An assortment of youthful murderers.
"Weird space weather" from 41,000 years ago.
That time when the Nazis stole a fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll recall the time hippos nearly conquered America. In the meantime, here's Rod.
Thank you so much for sharing my little piece on Dunsany - glad you liked it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for another interesting list! Happy friday!
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