T’was the eighteenth of April in seventy-five: The midnight ride of William Dawes and Samuel Prescott (and Paul Revere).
A hotel safe can be opened using a neodynium magnet and a sock.
The History of the Ice Cream Truck.
April 18, 1906 – the earthquake and fire that destroyed 80% of San Francisco: documentary and footage, plus video of of trip down Market Street in San Francisco in 1906, before and after the earthquake.
Two-Headed Dogs and Human Head Transplants.
The Historical Reenactor Accuracy Wars.
ICYMI, Friday’s links are here, and include lots of tax day stuff, sci-fi tax revolts, why yo-yos keep spinning, and Leonardo da Vinci’s handwritten resume from 1482.