Monday links

Roundup of April Fool's Day links.

Blood Transfusion History.

Do these people not watch movies? Scientists Are Teaching AI-Powered Robots to Reproduce, Evolve.

The etymologies of all 50 state’s names.

Drunken online shopping is big business — especially for Amazon.

The Surprising Story of the First Use of Ether in Surgery.

ICYMI, most recent links are here, and include the results of playing music to cheese as it ages, the origin of the phrase "red herring",  the unnoticed meteor that exploded over Earth on December 18, 2018, and, for William Shatner's birthday, a Star Trek/Monty Python mashup.

Friday links

Roundup of links about snow: art, science, snowmen, world's largest snowball fight, snow removal, and more.

Advice from c. 1200: How to Survive the Winter.

Something to restore your faith in humanity: Man with stage IV bone cancer saves neighbor from burning home.

Mathematicians Have Found Strange New Ways to Cut Pizza Into Equal Slices.

Alton Brown's critique of Amazon's dumbest kitchen gadgets, with bonus Amazon reviews.

10 Incredible Real Life MacGyver Moments That Saved Lives.

Online Shopping in the 1950s.

ICYMI, Thursday's links are here, and include Valentine's Day reservations at White Castle, the anniversary of French King Louis XVI's guillotining in 1793. an infographic on the evolution of the Batmobile, and, for Stonewall Jackson's birthday, the story of his left arm's separate grave,