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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com   Proof of reincarnation--sort of--appeared in the “Ottawa Citizen," December 16, 1933: LONDON (by mail).-Here is th...
Monday, June 1, 2026

“Deserved A Better Fate”: The Misadventures of the “Great Eastern"

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Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett It would not be overly hyperbolic to describe Isambard K...
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Friday, May 29, 2026

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to this week's Link Dump! It's a family affair! How Napoleon took Malta. Is consciousness everything? Tesla's key to t...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com   So, who’s ready for some walking extraterrestrial stumps?  The “Spokesman Review,” October 18, 1966: NEWPORT, Ore. (AP)...
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Monday, May 25, 2026

The Cursed Chest of Cornwall

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"Western Morning News," January 8, 1949, via Newspapers.com In late 1948, Trevor Ley of Stanbury Manor, Morwenstow, bought an old ...
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Friday, May 22, 2026

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to the Link Dump! And we tip our hats to our hosts for this week! Who the hell was Christopher Columbus? Henry I's most "...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com I put this missing-persons story into the “mini mysteries” file, due to the unsettling lack of information surrounding th...
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