Friday links

c. 1869, portraits from a British "lunatic asylum". And here's a list of reasons for admission to an such an asylum dated 1864 - 1889.

The Science of Smelling Old.

How were raisins made before seedless grapes?

This video of a chameleon is actually two body painted women.

A Colorado Family Built a Home for the World's Weirdest, Most Beautiful Bugs.

Photo gallery of Early Supercomputers.

ICYMI, Thursday's links are here, and include why McDonald's Chicken McNuggets come in 4 shapes, photos of old school bikinis, Turkey’s top religious body now allowing use of toilet paper, and Steve Martin (in 1980) acting out the song El Paso (used in the Breaking Bad finale) with a bunch of monkeys.