From 1803, here’s the Ottoman Empire’s first map of the newly minted United States.

Advice on Settling in New York in 1820.

A Creepy Crawly Collection of Insects Built Out of LEGO.

Hormone Guide: How to Speak to Women.

A Natural History of the Wedding Dress.

Giant Rat That Fell From Sky Is New Species. (I did not believe that Rodents of Unusual Size exist!)

ICYMI, Friday’s links are here, and include 1960 directions for building your own fallout shelter, why we yawn, organizing concerts in German prison camps, an octopus city, and what happens to your molecules when you get beamed down in Star Trek.