Tuesday links

Dorothy Parker's birthday: quotes, poems, a brief bio, and the weird journey of her ashes.

The etymology of 'orange': Which came first, the color or the fruit?

History of Money Design: How Did American Dollar Bills Change?

These awkward Russian glamour photos are a hoot.

How dinosaurs became birds.

Smartphone screens found to be more than three times dirtier than a toilet seat.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include the histories of 1. macaroni and cheese, and 2. posthumous executions, the anniversary of the death of climate change hero Genghis Khan, Steve Jobs illegitimate daughter, and Davy Crockett's birthday.

Cartoon: A 1920s prediction of the horror and inconvenience that would occur if anyone ever invented a pocket telephone

The caption on the bottom reads:

The latest modern horror in the way of inventions is supposed to be the pocket telephone. We can imagine the moments this instruments will choose for action!

by W. K. Haseiden 

Zoomable version here.

Here's Robert Heinlein in 1948:

"How come," he asked as he came abreast, "they had to search for you?"

"Left my pocketphone in my other suit," Coburn returned briefly. "Did it on purpose - I wanted a little peace and quiet. No luck."

From Assignment in Eternity, by Robert Heinlein