Wednesday links

Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879: here's a short bio, video, an explanation of gravitational waves, and the strange post-mortem travels of his brain. Related: Einstein's forgotten inventions.

Why did ancient people drill holes in their heads?

The Quest for a Universal Translator for Old, Obsolete Computer Files.

3.14: Happy Pi Day.

The woman who thought she was married to Napoleon.

Death-Defying 40-ft Vertical Plunges: The High-Diving Horsewomen of Atlantic City.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include solving crimes with knot analysis, Daylight Saving Time history (including Ben Franklin's proposal), a street-legal jet-powered Volkswagen Beetle, and, for Chuck Norris' 78th birthday, his 5 most badass movies, supercut of Norris's best kicks and a bunch of Norris "facts".

Watch this little girl's music attract a herd of cows

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— laney (@misslaneym) March 8, 2018

Friday links

March 10th is Chuck Norris' 78th birthday: his 5 most badass movies and a bunch of Norris "facts" plus a supercut of Norris's best kicks. Related: UK scientists recreated Neanderthal man, who looks just like Chuck Norris.

Check out this Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle.

How Knot Analysis Can Reveal the Perpetrator of a Crime.

Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend: here's some DST history (including Ben Franklin's proposal), stories and video. Related: How daylight saving time works and why these states want to ditch it.

The Unlikely Friendship Between Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin.

The golden age of false rumps.

ICYMI, Tuesday's links are here, and include a map of how butterflies are related to each other, a roundup of funny colonoscopy videos, when you grow up never realizing you're on the run from the Mob, and, for Michelangelo's birthday, his illustrated grocery list.

Tuesday links

It's Michelangelo's birthday - here's a brief bio, some art, and his illustrated grocery list.

Guy Makes Functional 2 X 2 Rubik's Cube Out Of Cheddar (Plus Plastic Core).

New Comprehensive Map of How Butterflies Are Related to Each Other.

If you're of a certain age, you'll appreciate this roundup of funny colonoscopy videos.

When you grow up never realizing you're on the run from the Mob.

How a Basket on Wheels Revolutionized Grocery Shopping.

ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and include the anniversary of Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech. Victorian beauty tips, waterbed history, a dish-washing monkey, and Stalin’s meteorologist who was imprisoned for “false weather forecasts".

Monday links

March 5th is the anniversary of Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech.

Stalin’s Doomed Meteorologist - imprisoned for “false weather forecasts,” he sent sketches to the family he’d never see again.

The Russian Navy’s UFO Files.

Here's a monkey washing dishes.

Victorian beauty tips.

The Weird True Story of the Rise and Fall of the Waterbed

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include why ballet dancers turn clockwise, a 1799 list of risk factors for spontaneous combustion, plus more recent science, GPS doodling via bicycle, and, for Dr. Seuss's birthday, his little-known book of nudes: The Seven Lady Godivas (SFW).