Welcome to this week's Link Dump!
Our host for this Friday is the handsome mascot (name unknown) of the S.S. Custodian, a cargo ship that was active during the first half of the 20th century.
New research into the Battle of Hastings.
The wonders of Mayan astronomy.
The importance of horses in the Mughal Empire.
A famous film of Bigfoot is probably a hoax. I know, shocker.
What it was like to be a steerage passenger in the 19th century. (Spoiler: It wasn't a lot of fun.)
What it's like to be trapped inside a tornado. (Spoiler: It's even less fun than being a steerage passenger.)
That time when Gloucester was visited by a sea serpent.
A judge faces One-Eyed Joan and her fairies.
Be nice to crows. They won't forget it.
A look at the Red Book of Bath.
The "liveliest corpse in the world."
Norway's most expensive book.
A brief history of egg rolling.
Why nature is not very violet.
The 22 ways that 3I/Atlas was weird.
Cucumbers really get around.
The theory that Romans were in the Americas pre-Columbus.
Some strange ways that people wound up in Kensal Green Cemetery.
A ruined mansion that is spooky even without the ghosts.
A murder with plenty of suspects, but no conviction.
Allow me to introduce you to a 2 billion year old nuclear reactor.
That urban legend about William Howard Taft's unfortunate relationship with bathtubs.
The well-traveled Mona Lisa.
A brief history of counting sheep.
The life of Catherine of Bourbon.
When you go looking for asparagus, but get a Roman tombstone instead.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll meet some flying extraterrestrials. Or something. In the meantime, here's Tom Petty.
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