It’s St. Bartholomew’s Day – some history, the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, a brief documentary, and Monty Python.

21 Gorgeous watermelon sculptures. And here’s some Oreo art.

How women in the 18thcentury got those sky-high hairdos.

Supercut of improbable weapons.

Space elevator update: Space elevator could zoom astronauts into Earth’s stratosphere.

To get a sense of how massive a Star Wars warship really is, overlay an image of one on the island of Manhattan.

ICYMI, Friday’s links are here, and include the science of melting cheese, a history of aliens in films, the history of lightbulbs, and a video showing how easily rats can swim up your toilet.