Primary Resources
Art & Craft
http://www.openculture.com/2017/08/14-self-portraits-show-the-evolution-of-pablo-picassos-style.html
14 Self Portraits of Pablo Picasso
http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/32000-bauhaus-art-objects-available-through-the-harvard-art-museums-website.html
32,000 Bauhaus Art Objects Available through the Harvard Art Museums
http://www.inquisitr.com/4345306/83500-vintage-sewing-patterns-put-on-an-online-database-from-vogue-mccalls-butterick-and-simplicity/
83,500 Vintage Sewing Patterns Online, from Vogue, McCalls, Butterick, and Simplicity
http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/russian-history-literature-come-to-life-in-wonderfully-colorized-portraits.html
Colorized Portraits of Russian Figures in History
http://www.openculture.com/2017/11/ernst-haeckels-sublime-drawings-of-flora-and-fauna.html
Ernst Haeckel's Sublime Drawings of Flora and Fauna: The Beautiful Scientific Drawings that Influenced Europe's Art Nouveau Movement (1889)
Dozens of HIstoric Mexican Cookbooks
https://libguides.utsa.edu/MXcookbooks
In 1886 the U.S. Government Commissioned 7,500 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World (Download in High Resolution)
http://www.openculture.com/2019/06/the-us-government-commissioned-7500-watercolor-paintings.html?fbclid=IwAR0Ia8n4dkUtkcyIcrcxIurbCRyCWdMB6eW6ZEXffEhYq4Ci6Yjch30YThY
Nearly 1,000 Paintings and Drawings by Vincent van Gogh (View/Download)
http://www.openculture.com/2018/07/nearly-1000-paintings-drawings-vincent-van-gogh-now-digitized-put-online-view-download-collection.html?fbclid=IwAR1vbk1nlJ6LBZ_rNCr1dYewcKiYrERFpU5pwSkY4WxswavoOf91od4Z6rE
Mad Magazine Covers (1952 to present)
https://www.madcoversite.com/covers.html
Dozens of M.C. Escher prints now digitized and put online by the Boston Public Library
http://www.openculture.com/2018/05/dozens-of-m-c-escher-prints-now-digitized-put-online-by-the-boston-public-library.html
http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/leonardo-da-vincis-visionary-notebooks-now-online-browse-570-digitized-pages.html
Leonardo da Vinci's Visionary Notebooks Online
http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-illuminated-sketchbook-of-stephan-schriber-1494/?utm_content=buffer2327b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The illuminated sketchbook of Stephan Schriber (1494)
Databases
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/library-congress-opened-catalogs-world-heres-matters/
Library of Congress Catalogs Online
https://www.floridamemory.com/collections/early-autos/
Early auto registrations, state of Florida, 1905-1917
www.ancestry.com
Ancestry research
www.familysearch.org
Ancestry research
www.23andme.com
DNA testing service
Music
Get to sleep with 42 hours of ambient sounds from Blade Runner, Alien, Star Trek and Doctor Who
www.openculture.com/2017/03/get-to-sleep-with-42-hours-of-ambient-sounds-from-blade-runner-alien-star-trek-and-doctor-who.html
http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/videos/oldest-song-melody/#SCotQ6YltWmFfZzZ.97
This is the oldest melody in existence, and it's utterly enchanting
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download
25,000 old records free to download
http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/03/28/148915022/alan-lomaxs-massive-archive-goes-online?utm_campaign=storyshare
Alan Lomax's massive archive of American folk music goes online
http://www.openculture.com/2017/08/download-400000-free-classical-musical-scores-46000-free-classical-recordings.html
Download 400,000 classical music scores and 46,000 free classical music recordings
Photos & Films
www.verlinblackwell.blogspot.com
My Daddy Went to War :: A blog and associated Flickr gallery of photos, drawings, and paintings (1938 - 1945) created by a soldier who served in northern Australia during WWII
Documerica Project by the Environmental Protection Agency (Photographs: How the United States Looked Before the EPA)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/collections/72157620729903309/
http://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-fruits-and-vegetables-looked-like-before-we-domesticated-them
Here's what fruits and vegetables looked like before we domesticated them.
ttp://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/06/462128514/new-york-public-library-makes-180-000-high-res-images-available-online?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
New York Public Library Makes 180,000 High-Res Images Available Online
http://www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/
Featuring over 180,000 digitized photographs from the State Library and Archives of Florida
This photographer spent 46 years documenting the vanishing world of Vermont's northeast kingdom
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/frozen-time-180968841/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
Download 6,600 free films from the Prelinger archives and use them however you like
http://www.openculture.com/2016/05/download-6600-free-films-from-the-prelinger-archives-and-use-them-however-you-like.html
Les Kiriki Acrobatas Japoneses, Segundo De Chomon (1907)
https://www.facebook.com/messynessychic/videos/1994057347302777/
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/10/kids-coal-mines-lewis-hines-photos
The photos that helped end child labor in the United States
http://readicon.com/721-2/
Fozzilized Viking turd
Written Word
Digital archive of 1,800 chidren's books from UCLA
http://www.openculture.com/2017/11/a-digital-archive-of-1800-childrens-books-from-ucla.html
http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/hear-moby-dick-read-in-its-entirety-by-tilda-swinton-stephen-fry-john-waters-others.html
Hear Moby Dick Read by Tilda Swinton, Stephen Fry, John Waters, and others
http://archive.org/stream/pinellasbriefhis00beth/pinellasbriefhis00beth_djvu.tx
An old-timey book about the history of PInellas County, Florida (Can you tell I'm a Florida native?)
http://io9.com/this-medieval-manuscript-curses-the-cat-who-peed-on-it-1502884468
This medieval manuscript curses the cat that peed on it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/
British Library -- free vintage images
dp.la
Digital Public Library of America
http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/enter-an-archive-of-6000-historical-childrens-books-all-digitized-and-free-to-read-online.html
Archive of 6,000 historical children's books
http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/read-the-original-32-page-program-for-fritz-langs-metropolis-1927.html
Original 32 page program for Fritz Lang's Metropolis
131-year-old message in a bottle found on Australian beach
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/131-year-old-message-bottle-found-australian-beach-180968381/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
The Ten Greatest Books Ever, According to 125 Top Authors (download them for free)
http://www.openculture.com/2013/09/the-10-greatest-books-ever.html
https://www.good.is/articles/jordan-andersons-legendary-clapback
Letter from a freedman to his old master
http://www.openculture.com/2017/08/14-self-portraits-show-the-evolution-of-pablo-picassos-style.html
14 Self Portraits of Pablo Picasso
http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/32000-bauhaus-art-objects-available-through-the-harvard-art-museums-website.html
32,000 Bauhaus Art Objects Available through the Harvard Art Museums
http://www.inquisitr.com/4345306/83500-vintage-sewing-patterns-put-on-an-online-database-from-vogue-mccalls-butterick-and-simplicity/
83,500 Vintage Sewing Patterns Online, from Vogue, McCalls, Butterick, and Simplicity
http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/russian-history-literature-come-to-life-in-wonderfully-colorized-portraits.html
Colorized Portraits of Russian Figures in History
http://www.openculture.com/2017/11/ernst-haeckels-sublime-drawings-of-flora-and-fauna.html
Ernst Haeckel's Sublime Drawings of Flora and Fauna: The Beautiful Scientific Drawings that Influenced Europe's Art Nouveau Movement (1889)
Dozens of HIstoric Mexican Cookbooks
https://libguides.utsa.edu/MXcookbooks
In 1886 the U.S. Government Commissioned 7,500 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World (Download in High Resolution)
http://www.openculture.com/2019/06/the-us-government-commissioned-7500-watercolor-paintings.html?fbclid=IwAR0Ia8n4dkUtkcyIcrcxIurbCRyCWdMB6eW6ZEXffEhYq4Ci6Yjch30YThY
Nearly 1,000 Paintings and Drawings by Vincent van Gogh (View/Download)
http://www.openculture.com/2018/07/nearly-1000-paintings-drawings-vincent-van-gogh-now-digitized-put-online-view-download-collection.html?fbclid=IwAR1vbk1nlJ6LBZ_rNCr1dYewcKiYrERFpU5pwSkY4WxswavoOf91od4Z6rE
Mad Magazine Covers (1952 to present)
https://www.madcoversite.com/covers.html
Dozens of M.C. Escher prints now digitized and put online by the Boston Public Library
http://www.openculture.com/2018/05/dozens-of-m-c-escher-prints-now-digitized-put-online-by-the-boston-public-library.html
http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/leonardo-da-vincis-visionary-notebooks-now-online-browse-570-digitized-pages.html
Leonardo da Vinci's Visionary Notebooks Online
http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-illuminated-sketchbook-of-stephan-schriber-1494/?utm_content=buffer2327b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The illuminated sketchbook of Stephan Schriber (1494)
Databases
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/library-congress-opened-catalogs-world-heres-matters/
Library of Congress Catalogs Online
https://www.floridamemory.com/collections/early-autos/
Early auto registrations, state of Florida, 1905-1917
www.ancestry.com
Ancestry research
www.familysearch.org
Ancestry research
www.23andme.com
DNA testing service
Music
Get to sleep with 42 hours of ambient sounds from Blade Runner, Alien, Star Trek and Doctor Who
www.openculture.com/2017/03/get-to-sleep-with-42-hours-of-ambient-sounds-from-blade-runner-alien-star-trek-and-doctor-who.html
http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/videos/oldest-song-melody/#SCotQ6YltWmFfZzZ.97
This is the oldest melody in existence, and it's utterly enchanting
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download
25,000 old records free to download
http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/03/28/148915022/alan-lomaxs-massive-archive-goes-online?utm_campaign=storyshare
Alan Lomax's massive archive of American folk music goes online
http://www.openculture.com/2017/08/download-400000-free-classical-musical-scores-46000-free-classical-recordings.html
Download 400,000 classical music scores and 46,000 free classical music recordings
Photos & Films
www.verlinblackwell.blogspot.com
My Daddy Went to War :: A blog and associated Flickr gallery of photos, drawings, and paintings (1938 - 1945) created by a soldier who served in northern Australia during WWII
Documerica Project by the Environmental Protection Agency (Photographs: How the United States Looked Before the EPA)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/collections/72157620729903309/
http://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-fruits-and-vegetables-looked-like-before-we-domesticated-them
Here's what fruits and vegetables looked like before we domesticated them.
ttp://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/06/462128514/new-york-public-library-makes-180-000-high-res-images-available-online?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
New York Public Library Makes 180,000 High-Res Images Available Online
http://www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/
Featuring over 180,000 digitized photographs from the State Library and Archives of Florida
This photographer spent 46 years documenting the vanishing world of Vermont's northeast kingdom
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/frozen-time-180968841/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
Download 6,600 free films from the Prelinger archives and use them however you like
http://www.openculture.com/2016/05/download-6600-free-films-from-the-prelinger-archives-and-use-them-however-you-like.html
Les Kiriki Acrobatas Japoneses, Segundo De Chomon (1907)
https://www.facebook.com/messynessychic/videos/1994057347302777/
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/10/kids-coal-mines-lewis-hines-photos
The photos that helped end child labor in the United States
http://readicon.com/721-2/
Fozzilized Viking turd
Written Word
Digital archive of 1,800 chidren's books from UCLA
http://www.openculture.com/2017/11/a-digital-archive-of-1800-childrens-books-from-ucla.html
http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/hear-moby-dick-read-in-its-entirety-by-tilda-swinton-stephen-fry-john-waters-others.html
Hear Moby Dick Read by Tilda Swinton, Stephen Fry, John Waters, and others
http://archive.org/stream/pinellasbriefhis00beth/pinellasbriefhis00beth_djvu.tx
An old-timey book about the history of PInellas County, Florida (Can you tell I'm a Florida native?)
http://io9.com/this-medieval-manuscript-curses-the-cat-who-peed-on-it-1502884468
This medieval manuscript curses the cat that peed on it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/
British Library -- free vintage images
dp.la
Digital Public Library of America
http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/enter-an-archive-of-6000-historical-childrens-books-all-digitized-and-free-to-read-online.html
Archive of 6,000 historical children's books
http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/read-the-original-32-page-program-for-fritz-langs-metropolis-1927.html
Original 32 page program for Fritz Lang's Metropolis
131-year-old message in a bottle found on Australian beach
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/131-year-old-message-bottle-found-australian-beach-180968381/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
The Ten Greatest Books Ever, According to 125 Top Authors (download them for free)
http://www.openculture.com/2013/09/the-10-greatest-books-ever.html
https://www.good.is/articles/jordan-andersons-legendary-clapback
Letter from a freedman to his old master
Secondary Resources: History-Related Blogs and Websites
Art & Media
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/07/20/just-love-collection-art-nouveau-doors-around-2/
A collection of Art Nouveau Doors Around the World
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/dark-disney-stories?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fbbbcculture
Dark Disney: The Real and Horrifying Stories Behind the Classics
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/12/12/504821139/long-seen-as-victim-17th-century-italian-painter-emerges-as-feminist-icon?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2040
Long seen as a victim, 17th century Italian painter emerges as a feminist icon
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/29/cave-hands-important-example-prehistoric-art-believed-created-around-9000-13000-years-ago/
The cave of hands: an important example of prehistoric art
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/arts/international/bringing-ancient-sounds-back-to-life.html?_r=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F
Bringing ancient sounds back to life
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/byzantine-angel-wings/470076/
Hearing the Lost Sounds of Antiquity
http://canyouactually.com/100-years-ago-artists-were-asked-to-imagine-what-life-would-be-like-in-the-year-2000/
100 years ago artists were asked to depict the year 2000
Remembering the Howard University Librarian Who Decolonized the Way Books Were Catalogued
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remembering-howard-university-librarian-who-decolonized-way-books-were-catalogued-180970890/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR36lQcKr-uFxQ0ayGDAI0Tf-KHSADqKhbcqWw66eMCoHzIOe7M9Pwdwn0c
The Romanovs' Last Spectacular Ball Brought to Life in Color Photographs (1903)
http://www.openculture.com/2019/07/the-romanovs-last-spectacular-ball-brought-to-life-in-color-photographs-1903.html?fbclid=IwAR1T8EtKEt2F5wGh2vXbKBDqE6-KbgAVHk1MLxqvTrUVZyXjCFJo5pi3MDs
Language
http://mentalfloss.com/article/51150/12-old-words-survived-getting-fossilized-idioms?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=KWP&kwp_0=366490
Twelve old words that survived by getting trapped in idioms
http://www.openculture.com/2015/10/hear-the-epic-of-gilgamesh-read-in-the-original-akkadian-language.html
Hear the Epic of Gilgamesh read in the original Akkadian language
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vinegar-valentines-victorian?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=keywee&kwp_0=352578
Rude, cruel, and insulting "vinegar valentines" of the Victorian era
http://theweek.com/articles/545166/what-english-shakespeare-beowulf-king-arthur-actually-sounded-like
What the English of Shakespeare, Beowulf, and King Arthur actually sounded like
http://blog.history.ac.uk/2016/03/symbolic-scratchings-or-belligerent-literacy-graffiti-and-its-interpretations/
Symbolic scratchings or beligerant literacy: Graffiti and its interpretations
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35358487
Fairy tale origins thousands of years old
Eight Spots in the U.S. Where You Can See Petroglyphs
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/eight-spots-in-united-states-where-you-can-see-petroglyphs-180972445/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR37woQth3zR499iDwZiBpGH_krS7iSxydZfyw0UBcHEYHWQC93KWElHIYI
People & Events
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/paris-siege-eating-zoo-animals?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
During a 1870 siege, trapped Parisians dined on rats, cats, and elephants
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/environment/genocide-by-other-means-us-army-slaughtered-buffalo-in-plains-indian-wars/
Genocide by other means -- U.S. Army slaughtered buffalo in plains Indian wars
https://www.facebook.com/omeletocom/videos/10154385021844494/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&video_creator_product_type=2&app_id=2392950137&live_video_guests=0
31 rolls of film from a WWII soldier (video)
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/us-passport-history-women?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
The 1920's Women Who Fought for the Right to Travel Under Their Own Names
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-first-woman-to-publish-a-book-in-english-lived-in-a-room-attached-to-a-church-and-walled-off-from-the-rest-of-the-world?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
First woman to publish a book in English lived in a room attached to a church and walled off from the rest of the world
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/11/26/165657050/no-innocent-spice-the-secret-story-of-nutmeg-life-and-death?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202809
No innocent spice: the secret story of nutmeg, life and death
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/20/pine-leaf-woman-chief-warrior-crow-people-married-four-wives/
Pine Leaf was a woman chief and warrior of the Crow people. And she married four wives.
http://www.inspiremore.com/1917-chalkboards/
School stumbles upon chalkboards from 1917 during renovation, perfectly preserved lessons provide rare look into past
http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/1.754678
Dachau camp uniform bought at garage sale uncovers prisoner's harrowing story
http://southfloridaopulence.com/site-of-the-real-first-thanksgiving/
Site of the real first Thanksgiving
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/11/18/502025877/tribes-revive-indigenous-crops-and-the-food-traditions-that-go-with-them?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2046
Tribes revive indigenous crops and the food traditions that go with them
http://time.com/4110741/unesco-world-monuments-1978/
12 World Heritage Sites the U.N. protected first
http://historybuff.com/here-are-most-popular-baby-names-every-decade-since-1880s-rOyoD109A2We?utm_content=inf_10_3107_2&utm_source=se_fb&utm_medium=social_fb_cpc&utm_campaign=social_e_fb&tse_id=INF_951c671280d5481891cde8dfec6b2db0
Most popular baby names every decade since the 1880's
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150910-human-evolution-change/
New human species discovered
http://time.com/4232850/see-amazing-photos-of-the-real-rosie-the-riveter-women-of-world-war-ii/?xid=life_socialflow_facebook
Photos of the real "Rosie the Riveter" -- Women of WWII
Titanic of Sweden: The Only Fully Intact 17th Century Warship Ever Salvaged
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/29/vasa-warship/?fbclid=IwAR3vFJesDeMhZBXJ7RYSXOawm4jpWQBhDqu5kky3mvh4OQOXrvm8WgViyV8
Burying the Civil War Hatchet: The Great Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/28/gettysburg-great-reunion-of-1913/?fbclid=IwAR3yf8qUTcVYFvSqlzm17eTElAlsqATU2cGAzdWvVOvQiGMCdC8liKFGPYY
https://www.facebook.com/SteampunkTendencies/videos/vb.335452449902461/961946523919714/?type=2&theater
200-year-old secretary cabinet (video)
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/14/470395022/thats-no-bottlecap-hiker-in-israel-finds-rare-gold-coin?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160314
Hiker in Israel finds rare Roman Coin
https://www.facebook.com/451165558387640/videos/vb.451165558387640/523797737791088/?type=2&theater
1,000 years of European history (video map)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-egypt-demons-database-demonthingscom-lions-dogs-foxes-dreamcatcher-a7228366.html
Online database of ancient Egyptian demons
http://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/12/17th-century-hungarian-serial-killer-countess-elizabeth-bathory-was-as-horrifying-as-mythical-count-dracula/
17th century Hungarian serial killer Countess Elizabeth Bathory was as horrifying as mythical Count Dracula
www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/21/once-a-magnificent-medieval-city-and-home-to-200000-people-the-ghost-city-of-ani-is-now-completely-abandoned/
Once a magnificent medieval city and home to 200,000 people, the ghost city of Ani is now completely abandoned
Blame Napoleon for Our Addiction to Sugar
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/blame-napoleon-for-our-addiction-to-sugar-152096743/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3Sah1_hrr8RpHPiXEIntrTj0CpYC5WF5rm4W2vreqa2UaxzaEHzdFV4Mc
Fantastic French Publicity Caravans of Yesteryear
https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/05/29/fantastic-french-publicity-caravans-of-yesteryear/?fbclid=IwAR3fUonvGs2objZC6KUFVfojgmBdwf74DAYtVkFRm3CRuesF5jLtHm5FrCk
The Strange and Mysterious
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-manmade-gut-stones-once-used-to-thwart-assassination-attempts?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
Man-made gut stones once made to thwart assassination attempts
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/king-toilet-attendant-england?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
It was once someone's job to chat with the king while he used the toilet.
http://medieval-graffiti.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-voynich-manuscript-medieval-secrets.html
Voynich Manuscript -- Medieval Secrets in Plain Sight
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-worst-paid-freelance-gig-in-history-was-being-the-village-sin-eater?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
The worst-paid freelance gig in history was being the village sin eater.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/i-tried-a-medieval-diet-and-i-didnt-even-get-that-drunk?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
I tried a medieval diet and I didn't even get that drunk.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160404-the-fascinating-phenomenon-of-men-who-sing-high
The grisly history of the men who sang like women
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503156414/research-on-chinese-haze-helps-crack-mystery-of-londons-deadly-1952-fog?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2054
Research on Chinese haze helps crack mystery of London's deadly 1952 fog
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/science/shipwrecks-black-sea-archaeology.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
"We couldn't believe our eyes" -- a lost world of shipwrecks is found (Black Sea)
http://mentalfloss.com/article/68933/what-people-1902-thought-women-future-would-look?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Partner&utm_campaign=FBK
What people in 1902 thought "women of the future" would look like
The Grotesque Stories Behind the Famous Gargoyles of Notre Dame Cathedral
www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/24/gargoyles-of-notre-dame/?fbclid=IwAR1uwSwG8YrNF_Sfe6fBfYX3My-6JOYg1wLGyX2WtKKwVr23KHBTMUbjQKs
Technology
ttp://all-that-is-interesting.com/centennial-bulb?utm_campaign=pdhad&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
This Lighbulb was Switched on in 1901 - And It's Still Going
https://pionic.org/researchers-reconstruct-a-house-in-pompeii-to-its-original-state-by-using-3d-technology
Researchers reconstruct a house in Pompeii to its original state by using 3D technology
Hand-Colored 1860's Photographs Reveal the Last Days of Samurai Japan
http://www.openculture.com/2015/11/hand-colored-1860s-photographs-reveal-the-last-days-of-samurai-japan.html?fbclid=IwAR0voEB2Ornbq3Pnjgbi9g4b0QvnKwch7RTkAXnbQB1exjiQ7I_h_4KK08o
Pompeii Fixed Potholes with Molten Iron
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pompeii-fixed-potholes-molten-iron-180972203/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0Gd5Y4enzTUoWbs0ng3iBCoud8rKp2GJStdk66b8CCl2o-zqWV-CfN2qo
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/gallery/2015/may/31/ennion-roman-lips/
Glassmaking in Ancient Rome
http://www.openculture.com/2016/02/watch-the-destruction-of-pompeii-by-mount-vesuvius-re-created-with-computer-animation-79-ad.html
Watch the destruction of Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius, re-recreated by computer animation
Marie Curie's Research Papers Are Still Radioactive 100+ Years Later
http://www.openculture.com/2015/07/marie-curies-research-papers-are-still-radioactive-100-years-later.html?fbclid=IwAR3hraB4cP9aA3inZkZfInTUiJ7WgUgaQiV2qac0jeBNs-VJZAdowAuqFLU
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/07/20/just-love-collection-art-nouveau-doors-around-2/
A collection of Art Nouveau Doors Around the World
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/dark-disney-stories?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fbbbcculture
Dark Disney: The Real and Horrifying Stories Behind the Classics
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/12/12/504821139/long-seen-as-victim-17th-century-italian-painter-emerges-as-feminist-icon?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2040
Long seen as a victim, 17th century Italian painter emerges as a feminist icon
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/29/cave-hands-important-example-prehistoric-art-believed-created-around-9000-13000-years-ago/
The cave of hands: an important example of prehistoric art
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/arts/international/bringing-ancient-sounds-back-to-life.html?_r=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F
Bringing ancient sounds back to life
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/byzantine-angel-wings/470076/
Hearing the Lost Sounds of Antiquity
http://canyouactually.com/100-years-ago-artists-were-asked-to-imagine-what-life-would-be-like-in-the-year-2000/
100 years ago artists were asked to depict the year 2000
Remembering the Howard University Librarian Who Decolonized the Way Books Were Catalogued
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remembering-howard-university-librarian-who-decolonized-way-books-were-catalogued-180970890/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR36lQcKr-uFxQ0ayGDAI0Tf-KHSADqKhbcqWw66eMCoHzIOe7M9Pwdwn0c
The Romanovs' Last Spectacular Ball Brought to Life in Color Photographs (1903)
http://www.openculture.com/2019/07/the-romanovs-last-spectacular-ball-brought-to-life-in-color-photographs-1903.html?fbclid=IwAR1T8EtKEt2F5wGh2vXbKBDqE6-KbgAVHk1MLxqvTrUVZyXjCFJo5pi3MDs
Language
http://mentalfloss.com/article/51150/12-old-words-survived-getting-fossilized-idioms?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=KWP&kwp_0=366490
Twelve old words that survived by getting trapped in idioms
http://www.openculture.com/2015/10/hear-the-epic-of-gilgamesh-read-in-the-original-akkadian-language.html
Hear the Epic of Gilgamesh read in the original Akkadian language
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vinegar-valentines-victorian?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=keywee&kwp_0=352578
Rude, cruel, and insulting "vinegar valentines" of the Victorian era
http://theweek.com/articles/545166/what-english-shakespeare-beowulf-king-arthur-actually-sounded-like
What the English of Shakespeare, Beowulf, and King Arthur actually sounded like
http://blog.history.ac.uk/2016/03/symbolic-scratchings-or-belligerent-literacy-graffiti-and-its-interpretations/
Symbolic scratchings or beligerant literacy: Graffiti and its interpretations
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35358487
Fairy tale origins thousands of years old
Eight Spots in the U.S. Where You Can See Petroglyphs
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/eight-spots-in-united-states-where-you-can-see-petroglyphs-180972445/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR37woQth3zR499iDwZiBpGH_krS7iSxydZfyw0UBcHEYHWQC93KWElHIYI
People & Events
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/paris-siege-eating-zoo-animals?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
During a 1870 siege, trapped Parisians dined on rats, cats, and elephants
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/environment/genocide-by-other-means-us-army-slaughtered-buffalo-in-plains-indian-wars/
Genocide by other means -- U.S. Army slaughtered buffalo in plains Indian wars
https://www.facebook.com/omeletocom/videos/10154385021844494/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&video_creator_product_type=2&app_id=2392950137&live_video_guests=0
31 rolls of film from a WWII soldier (video)
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/us-passport-history-women?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
The 1920's Women Who Fought for the Right to Travel Under Their Own Names
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-first-woman-to-publish-a-book-in-english-lived-in-a-room-attached-to-a-church-and-walled-off-from-the-rest-of-the-world?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
First woman to publish a book in English lived in a room attached to a church and walled off from the rest of the world
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/11/26/165657050/no-innocent-spice-the-secret-story-of-nutmeg-life-and-death?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202809
No innocent spice: the secret story of nutmeg, life and death
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/20/pine-leaf-woman-chief-warrior-crow-people-married-four-wives/
Pine Leaf was a woman chief and warrior of the Crow people. And she married four wives.
http://www.inspiremore.com/1917-chalkboards/
School stumbles upon chalkboards from 1917 during renovation, perfectly preserved lessons provide rare look into past
http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/1.754678
Dachau camp uniform bought at garage sale uncovers prisoner's harrowing story
http://southfloridaopulence.com/site-of-the-real-first-thanksgiving/
Site of the real first Thanksgiving
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/11/18/502025877/tribes-revive-indigenous-crops-and-the-food-traditions-that-go-with-them?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2046
Tribes revive indigenous crops and the food traditions that go with them
http://time.com/4110741/unesco-world-monuments-1978/
12 World Heritage Sites the U.N. protected first
http://historybuff.com/here-are-most-popular-baby-names-every-decade-since-1880s-rOyoD109A2We?utm_content=inf_10_3107_2&utm_source=se_fb&utm_medium=social_fb_cpc&utm_campaign=social_e_fb&tse_id=INF_951c671280d5481891cde8dfec6b2db0
Most popular baby names every decade since the 1880's
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150910-human-evolution-change/
New human species discovered
http://time.com/4232850/see-amazing-photos-of-the-real-rosie-the-riveter-women-of-world-war-ii/?xid=life_socialflow_facebook
Photos of the real "Rosie the Riveter" -- Women of WWII
Titanic of Sweden: The Only Fully Intact 17th Century Warship Ever Salvaged
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/29/vasa-warship/?fbclid=IwAR3vFJesDeMhZBXJ7RYSXOawm4jpWQBhDqu5kky3mvh4OQOXrvm8WgViyV8
Burying the Civil War Hatchet: The Great Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/28/gettysburg-great-reunion-of-1913/?fbclid=IwAR3yf8qUTcVYFvSqlzm17eTElAlsqATU2cGAzdWvVOvQiGMCdC8liKFGPYY
https://www.facebook.com/SteampunkTendencies/videos/vb.335452449902461/961946523919714/?type=2&theater
200-year-old secretary cabinet (video)
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/14/470395022/thats-no-bottlecap-hiker-in-israel-finds-rare-gold-coin?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160314
Hiker in Israel finds rare Roman Coin
https://www.facebook.com/451165558387640/videos/vb.451165558387640/523797737791088/?type=2&theater
1,000 years of European history (video map)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-egypt-demons-database-demonthingscom-lions-dogs-foxes-dreamcatcher-a7228366.html
Online database of ancient Egyptian demons
http://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/12/17th-century-hungarian-serial-killer-countess-elizabeth-bathory-was-as-horrifying-as-mythical-count-dracula/
17th century Hungarian serial killer Countess Elizabeth Bathory was as horrifying as mythical Count Dracula
www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/21/once-a-magnificent-medieval-city-and-home-to-200000-people-the-ghost-city-of-ani-is-now-completely-abandoned/
Once a magnificent medieval city and home to 200,000 people, the ghost city of Ani is now completely abandoned
Blame Napoleon for Our Addiction to Sugar
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/blame-napoleon-for-our-addiction-to-sugar-152096743/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3Sah1_hrr8RpHPiXEIntrTj0CpYC5WF5rm4W2vreqa2UaxzaEHzdFV4Mc
Fantastic French Publicity Caravans of Yesteryear
https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/05/29/fantastic-french-publicity-caravans-of-yesteryear/?fbclid=IwAR3fUonvGs2objZC6KUFVfojgmBdwf74DAYtVkFRm3CRuesF5jLtHm5FrCk
The Strange and Mysterious
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-manmade-gut-stones-once-used-to-thwart-assassination-attempts?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
Man-made gut stones once made to thwart assassination attempts
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/king-toilet-attendant-england?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
It was once someone's job to chat with the king while he used the toilet.
http://medieval-graffiti.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-voynich-manuscript-medieval-secrets.html
Voynich Manuscript -- Medieval Secrets in Plain Sight
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-worst-paid-freelance-gig-in-history-was-being-the-village-sin-eater?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
The worst-paid freelance gig in history was being the village sin eater.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/i-tried-a-medieval-diet-and-i-didnt-even-get-that-drunk?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
I tried a medieval diet and I didn't even get that drunk.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160404-the-fascinating-phenomenon-of-men-who-sing-high
The grisly history of the men who sang like women
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503156414/research-on-chinese-haze-helps-crack-mystery-of-londons-deadly-1952-fog?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2054
Research on Chinese haze helps crack mystery of London's deadly 1952 fog
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/science/shipwrecks-black-sea-archaeology.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
"We couldn't believe our eyes" -- a lost world of shipwrecks is found (Black Sea)
http://mentalfloss.com/article/68933/what-people-1902-thought-women-future-would-look?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Partner&utm_campaign=FBK
What people in 1902 thought "women of the future" would look like
The Grotesque Stories Behind the Famous Gargoyles of Notre Dame Cathedral
www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/24/gargoyles-of-notre-dame/?fbclid=IwAR1uwSwG8YrNF_Sfe6fBfYX3My-6JOYg1wLGyX2WtKKwVr23KHBTMUbjQKs
Technology
ttp://all-that-is-interesting.com/centennial-bulb?utm_campaign=pdhad&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
This Lighbulb was Switched on in 1901 - And It's Still Going
https://pionic.org/researchers-reconstruct-a-house-in-pompeii-to-its-original-state-by-using-3d-technology
Researchers reconstruct a house in Pompeii to its original state by using 3D technology
Hand-Colored 1860's Photographs Reveal the Last Days of Samurai Japan
http://www.openculture.com/2015/11/hand-colored-1860s-photographs-reveal-the-last-days-of-samurai-japan.html?fbclid=IwAR0voEB2Ornbq3Pnjgbi9g4b0QvnKwch7RTkAXnbQB1exjiQ7I_h_4KK08o
Pompeii Fixed Potholes with Molten Iron
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pompeii-fixed-potholes-molten-iron-180972203/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0Gd5Y4enzTUoWbs0ng3iBCoud8rKp2GJStdk66b8CCl2o-zqWV-CfN2qo
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/gallery/2015/may/31/ennion-roman-lips/
Glassmaking in Ancient Rome
http://www.openculture.com/2016/02/watch-the-destruction-of-pompeii-by-mount-vesuvius-re-created-with-computer-animation-79-ad.html
Watch the destruction of Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius, re-recreated by computer animation
Marie Curie's Research Papers Are Still Radioactive 100+ Years Later
http://www.openculture.com/2015/07/marie-curies-research-papers-are-still-radioactive-100-years-later.html?fbclid=IwAR3hraB4cP9aA3inZkZfInTUiJ7WgUgaQiV2qac0jeBNs-VJZAdowAuqFLU
Cool Sites (but not necessarily history-related)
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/18/564817838/toilet-signs-are-mysterious-and-mirth-inducing?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2046
Toilet signs are mysterious and mirth inducing
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/arts-entertainment/11-essential-native-american-films-you-can-watch-online-right-now/
11 Essential Native American Films to Watch Online
http://www.openculture.com/2017/11/a-map-showing-how-much-time-it-takes-to-learn-foreign-languages-from-easiest-to-hardest.html
A map showing how much time it takes to learn foreign languages, from easiest to hardest
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/do-other-countries-believe-in-tooth-fairy?bsc=toothfairy-usa&btp=fb&utm_campaign=toothfairy-usa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=organicpost
Do other countries believe in the tooth fairy?
https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/10/19/resonances-between-indigenous-art-and-images-captured-microscopes?fbclid=IwAR3n7D-SQYvCI2XMcUkIn2srr0CNyTnic63FJqikZBtMDOEKtI_jgsJfnVo
The resonances between indigenous art and images captured by microscopes
https://www.messynessychic.com/2016/06/14/a-photographers-forgotten-muse-on-the-french-riviera/?fbclid=IwAR0LLqVFezRkuPiVj9e4yc1hvev3AAcx3YOrWwS7r03NixiJUM677u_mRms
A Photographer's Forgotten Muse on the French Riviera
Toilet signs are mysterious and mirth inducing
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/arts-entertainment/11-essential-native-american-films-you-can-watch-online-right-now/
11 Essential Native American Films to Watch Online
http://www.openculture.com/2017/11/a-map-showing-how-much-time-it-takes-to-learn-foreign-languages-from-easiest-to-hardest.html
A map showing how much time it takes to learn foreign languages, from easiest to hardest
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/do-other-countries-believe-in-tooth-fairy?bsc=toothfairy-usa&btp=fb&utm_campaign=toothfairy-usa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=organicpost
Do other countries believe in the tooth fairy?
https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/10/19/resonances-between-indigenous-art-and-images-captured-microscopes?fbclid=IwAR3n7D-SQYvCI2XMcUkIn2srr0CNyTnic63FJqikZBtMDOEKtI_jgsJfnVo
The resonances between indigenous art and images captured by microscopes
https://www.messynessychic.com/2016/06/14/a-photographers-forgotten-muse-on-the-french-riviera/?fbclid=IwAR0LLqVFezRkuPiVj9e4yc1hvev3AAcx3YOrWwS7r03NixiJUM677u_mRms
A Photographer's Forgotten Muse on the French Riviera