Welcome to this week's Link Dump, where it's up, up, and away!
Try to sell a house that features art stolen by the Nazis, and watch the fun begin!
A brief history of pomegranates.
Some remote viewers took a gander at 31/Atlas, and I can't say they came up with cheery stuff.
A serial poisoner in Ohio.
The princess who chose painting over palaces.
The horrors of 19th century merchant service.
The (possibly) sinister story behind the Bean Puzzle Tombstone.
The well-preserved home of an 18th century textile designer.
The U.S. Army's cancer-causing fog.
When tennis was the Sport of Kings.
If you're in the mood to sail across the Indian Ocean, here's a how-to guide.
The world's most dangerous tree.
The start of the school lunch program.
Some talking poltergeists and a ventriloquist.
Why the world mourned the murder of a tree.
The ghosts of an Arizona resort.
How King James I was responsible for the Macbeth Witches.
A Prussian military officer at Valley Forge.
The too-short career of a female bookbinder.
A very special fossil.
For some reason, we're enamored of myths about frogs living in stones.
The WWII bomber that influenced modern airplanes.
A brief history of the Louvre.
The disappearance of SS Vaitarna.
A Vanderbilt black sheep.
The controversial Younger Dryas Impact Theory.
In other news, badgers have turned to grave-robbing.
The pig who had a social security number.
The stories behind some popular funeral foods.
A Neolithic site that could rewrite history.
We're sorta clueless about how anesthesia works.
The colorful life of a 19th century British MP.
The colorful life of a Founding Father.
Some strange burial mounds in Kazakhstan.
An ancient Egyptian mathematical papyrus.
A murder on a crowded train.
The life and art of Evelyn De Morgan.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll meet a 19th century poltergeist. In the meantime, here's Emmylou.
Thanks for sharing, and speaking of the Younger Dryas, there's a good a session on that too.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Go Linda
Nazi-stolen art in Argentina is almost a cliche; I'm sure this could be the beginning of a crime/caper movie. The destruction of the tree at Hadrian's Wall was a deliberate act of malice, out of proportion to the physical deed; it was meant to be boasted of. I wonder what the those convicted of it are boasting of right now? Surviving another day in prison. probably. That was a good revenge by the then-grown boy who was cruelly treated at his mother's funeral. All vengeance should be as well-conceived.
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