Friday links

October 14, 1066 is the anniversary of the 1066 Battle of Hastings. After Harold surrendered, William the Conqueror seized all of the lands and divided them among his supporters - most of Britain still remains in the hands of the descendants of those early Norman conquerors.

4 Unofficial Rules Native English Speakers Don't Realize They Know.

How Will Police Solve Murders on Mars?

From 1960, here's how to build your own fallout shelter.

A Sasquatch timeline: The Story of the Search for Bigfoot. 

Retrofuture: How We Envisioned the Classroom of the Future.

ICYMI, Wednesday's links are here, and include the centenary of the Spanish Flu epidemic (it killed more Americans than all the wars of the 20th century combined), the anniversary of the October 10th, 732 clash of civilizations at the Battle of Tours, how to get started with knife-throwing, and the ever-increasing hippopotamus herd of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Wednesday links

October 10th, 732 is the anniversary of the clash of civilizations at the Battle of Tours.

Throwing Knives Is Growing More Popular. Here’s How to Get Started

When drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot dead in 1993, his four hippopotamuses were left to fend for themselves in a pond. Now, there are dozens of them.

100 years ago - Why October 1918 Was America's Deadliest Month Ever: "By the time it abated in 1920, the Spanish flu had killed 675,000 Americans and left hundreds of thousands of children orphaned. Not only did more Americans die of the Spanish flu than in World War I, more died than in all the wars of the 20th century combined. Globally, the pandemic infected a third of the planet’s population and killed an estimated 50 million people."

The epic task of breeding fruit flies for life on Titan.

The Century-Long Scientific Journey of the Affordable Grocery Store Orchid.

ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and include DIY colonoscopies (plus a roundup of funny colonoscopy videos), the vegetable peeler that changed the world, the 2018 World Snail Racing Championship, and, from the late 1800s, a list of reasons for admission to an insane asylum.

Monday links

In honor of Columbus Day, here’s a list of the top 10 accidental discoveries. Related: Columbus cleared of importing syphilis from the Americas to Europe. Plus, that time Columbus tricked Jamaicans out of supplies using knowledge of an upcoming eclipse.

DIY colonoscopies. And here's a roundup of funny colonoscopy videos.

The untold story of the vegetable peeler that changed the world.

From the late 1800s, here's a list of reasons for admission to an insane asylum.

2018 World Snail Racing Championship.

Why 95.8% of Female Newscasters Have the Same Hair.

ICYMI, most recent links are here, and include Dimitri Shostakovich's birthday, Georgian era stand-up comedy routines, hypnotic breast enlargement, and a short history of sleepwalking.