For Dr. Seuss‘s birthday, his little-known book of nudes: The Seven Lady Godivas (ok for work), plus Private Snafu: The World War II Propaganda Cartoons Created by Dr. Seuss, Frank Capra, and Mel Blanc, and This is Ann . . . she drinks blood!: Dr Seuss Does Malaria.

D.C. Police Once Gave the President a Speeding Ticket.


A Brief History of Cheese.

On February 29, 1504, Columbus tricked Jamaicans out of supplies using knowledge of an upcoming lunar eclipse.

The Geography of the Odyssey — an interactive map.


The physics of why sparks fly when you microwave grapes.

ICYMI, most recent links are here, and include photos of Victorian women with extremely long hair, a snail slime love spell, and some advice from 1612 on the roasted-goat-lung method of preventing drunkenness.