June 18 is the anniversary of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo: history, quotes and video (including, of course, a Lego re-enactment).
Construction Workers Find Rare Intact Roman Tomb
Where the ‘No Ending a Sentence With a Preposition’ Rule Comes From.
Forget the World Cup, Let’s Play Motor-Ball!
Where to Hit Someone to Inflict the Most Damage.
ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include secret rooms inside famous landmarks, Father's Day advice from Homer Simpson, how nuts and bananas came to mean “crazy”, using barbed wire fences as early telephone wiring in the western states, and the anniversary of the Magna Carta signing.
The link about "hwo to hit someone" seems to be broken (leads to the best quotes about fatherhood)
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