How Baby Flamingos Become Pink. Kind of related: Don Featherstone, creator of the plastic pink flamingo, and his wife wore matching outfits every day for 37 years.
The Great Lengths Taken to Make Abraham Lincoln Look Good in Photos.
Fascinating photos: when Paris flooded, 1910.
It’s the anniversary of the 20th of July plot, the unsuccessful bomb attempt by his associates to kill Hitler in 1944.
The 1858 ’Great Stink’ of London.
Why Red M&M’s Disappeared for a Decade.
ICYMI, Monday’s links are here, and include why ancient Roman concrete is better than modern mixes, a compilation of film of New York City circa 1900, the anniversary of the first nuclear test, and the history of condoms.