Your Evening Reference, sah.
Ever wonder about all of those telephone exchange names like CHapel Hill and so on? Here’s a list of ‘em.
How to clean up loose change, with a caveat - beware using the vinegar and salt method on copper-clad pennies. Read the article to understand.
All of the weird denominations of English money from the get-go, including the broad, the quarter farthing, and the crown of the double rose. Great for your medieval role playing game. The site also shows and explains a lot about other coins (rare and otherwise) and gemstones. Very useful.
How Pharaoh Converted Wild Asses to Donkeys. Now, I need a way to give Democratic donkeys a spine, especially those in Congress. Also see the Ursari, a special breed of Rom gypsies who trained bears as a cultural thing.
Now, here’s a serious radio and TV DX (distance listener) with a interesting story and pictures of his setup. He also has a set of photos of the channels and stations he’s picked up from Illinois - like Cuba, Mexico, all over Canada - 1500 stations. Yipes! His TV antenna setup is monstrous….see the photos at the bottom of that page.