Thursday links

Happy Cinco do Mayo!

The Ten Longest Wars in History.

Medieval Pet Names.

What phrases commonly used today are derived from obsolete technologies? (spoiler - lots of them)

The Doorway Effect: Why Do We Forget What We’re Doing the Minute We Enter a Room?

Colorized vintage photos of landmarks being built.

ICYMI, Wednesday's links are here, and include the physics of peacock feathers, Star Wars Day, a video compilation of small dogs trying to get onto or off of big couches, how your devices are spying on you, and the American who placed a $1 million bounty on Hitler the year before we entered WWII. 

Thursday links

Saint Patrick’s Day: origin, history, quotes, poetry, videos, and how to make your own green beer. Related, this excellent Biologist’s St. Patrick’s Day Song.

Your horse knows just how you’re feeling.

How Peacocks Look In Mid-Flight (spoiler alert - they're beautiful)

2,100-Year-Old Roman Tavern Unearthed, Empty Cups and All.

Anxious People Are More Likely to Walk Left When Blindfolded.

ICYMI, Tuesday's links are here, and include bewaring the Ides of March, a series of 1917 photographs of the Lincoln Memorial's construction, the map of the United Repositioned States, and the forgotten history of fat men's clubs.

Tuesday links

Don't like what the groundhog has to say? It's probably wrong - Punxsutawney Phil has been correct just 39% of the time since 1887. And here are way too many Groundhog Day links, including an analysis of how long Bill Murray was stuck (spoiler - at least 34 years).

Psychiatrists studied 400 movies to find the most realistic psychopath.

Could You Outrun a Hungry Tyrannosaur?

Docs Removed My Brain For Nothing: Ridiculous Tabloid Headlines That Are Totally 100% True.

10 Fascinating Experimental Aircraft Of World War II.

New York Public Library menu collection, from the 1850s to the modern day.

ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and are all February and Groundhog Day related.