10/10/09 – History Links of the Day
by Jonathan on Oct.10, 2009, under Uncategorized
The Bone Room and the Shroud of Turin - Man's obsession with death
1) Time Magazine enlightens us with a history of the F word. Kudos on the daunting task of writing this article without profanity. (Link)
2) In a bit of morbid history, Berkeley, California’s Bone Room is a testament to the evolution of the natural sciences. (Link)
3) A fresh new round of testing once again confirms that the Shroud of Turin is a Medieval forgery. Not that this random piece of cloth actually matters; the Church will survive. (Link)
4) In the History of Science-Fiction, here are 10 “Insanely coveted out of print Science-Fiction books” presented by CreativeCloud. (Link)
5) The Axis forums bring us a bunch of well camouflaged tanks. I’m still pretty sure you could hear them coming. (Link)
ON THIS DAY IN 1911: The Wuchang uprising ended the Qing dynasty and 2000 years of imperial China. This event is often overshadowed by Chairman Mao’s communist refounding of the country and it History in 1949. (Link)
AND AS FOR THE LIGHTER SIDE: Comedy duo “Mitchell and Webb” take a look at the Biblical Tale of the Good Samaritan. I never saw the politically incorrect implications of that story… (Link)
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