Roundup of April Fool’s Day links.

Blood Transfusion History.

Do these people not watch movies? Scientists Are Teaching AI-Powered Robots to Reproduce, Evolve.

The etymologies of all 50 state’s names.

Drunken online shopping is big business — especially for Amazon.


The Surprising Story of the First Use of Ether in Surgery.


ICYMI, most recent links are here, and include the results of playing music to cheese as it ages, the origin of the phrase “red herring,” the unnoticed meteor that exploded over Earth on December 18, 2018, and, for William Shatner’s birthday, a Star Trek/Monty Python mashup.