Links
History:
Spain finds Don Quixote writer Cervantes' tomb in Madrid - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31852032
Ancient Receipt Proves Egyptian Taxes Were Worse Than Yours - http://www.livescience.com/50139-ancient-egyptian-tax-receipt.html
Language:
The Vocabularist: How we use the word toxic - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31833393
Miscellaneous:
How a London Imam became a sean nós singer - http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/how-a-london-imam-became-a-sean-n%C3%B3s-singer-1.2140767
How to be a sports journalist in the early 1900s (two carrier pigeons required) - http://www.theguardian.com/football/when-saturday-comes-blog/2015/mar/16/how-to-be-sports-writer-journalist-1900s-carrier-pigeons
12 Themes That Make Peanuts Timeless - https://blog.threadless.com/12-themes-that-make-peanuts-timeless/?utm_medium=social_profile&utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_campaign=peanuts_3_13_15
A man and his wallet, reunited after 65 years - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31854167 In which people are awesome.
How British video games became a billion pound industry - http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zt23gk7?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=BBC_iWonder&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=knowledge_and_learning
This is What an 81 degree, 325 ft Drop at 95 mph Looks Like - http://twistedsifter.com/videos/fury-325-roller-coaster-at-carowinds-pov-test-run/ Yet more fantastic use of Go-Pros
This is What a Snoring Dormouse Sounds Like - http://twistedsifter.com/videos/what-a-snoring-dormouse-sounds-like/
Amazing but true: America is only four presidents’ lives old - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/03/12/amazing-but-true-america-is-only-four-presidents-lives-old/ For nwhyte
The soup method - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31907546 - In which Colchester borrows an idea from Detroit
Irish town builds memorial to thank Native Americans who helped during Famine - http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/-Irish-town-builds-memorial-to-thank-Native-Americans-who-helped-during-Famine.html
10 birds are in the running to be Britain's official avian mascot - http://mashable.com/2015/03/16/national-bird-vote-britain/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link
Science:
Sudden cardiac death in athletes - http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h1218
Why the Warm Ocean on This Moon of Saturn Could Be Perfect for Life - http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a14507/enceladus-saturn-moon-ocean/
The "Harvard Sentences" Secretly Shaped the Development of Audio Tech - http://gizmodo.com/the-harvard-sentences-secretly-shaped-the-development-1689793568
Penguin waddle put to the test - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31910427
Sports:
Football:
Part 1 of footballers being awesome - Grace McCatty: From Champions League to volunteering in Zambia - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31945848
Part 2 of footballers being awesome - Burnley striker Danny Ings helps four-year-old achieve her 'bucket list' - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/heartwarming--burnley-striker-danny-ings-helps-four-year-old-achieve-her--bucket-list-134058544.html
Milan Mandaric: Football’s Mr Fixit says farewell - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31897956
Ice Hockey:
RMNB Readers Reunite Mike Green With His Discontinued Stealth CNT Sticks - http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2015/03/17/rmnb-readers-reunite-mike-green-with-his-discontinued-stealth-cnt-sticks/ Basically, Mike Green gave fans some sticks post match several seasons ago. The stick manufacturers stopped doing that kind of stick so the fans have given them back because he loves that kind of stick so much. And then Green scores with his old sticks having not scored for 20 games.
Rediscovered Lafleur-Lemieux photo a study of stars and a teen's hero worship - http://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/rediscovered-lafleur-lemieux-photo-a-study-of-superstars-and-a-teenagers-hero-worship
Spain finds Don Quixote writer Cervantes' tomb in Madrid - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31852032
Ancient Receipt Proves Egyptian Taxes Were Worse Than Yours - http://www.livescience.com/50139-ancient-egyptian-tax-receipt.html
Language:
The Vocabularist: How we use the word toxic - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31833393
Miscellaneous:
How a London Imam became a sean nós singer - http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/how-a-london-imam-became-a-sean-n%C3%B3s-singer-1.2140767
How to be a sports journalist in the early 1900s (two carrier pigeons required) - http://www.theguardian.com/football/when-saturday-comes-blog/2015/mar/16/how-to-be-sports-writer-journalist-1900s-carrier-pigeons
12 Themes That Make Peanuts Timeless - https://blog.threadless.com/12-themes-that-make-peanuts-timeless/?utm_medium=social_profile&utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_campaign=peanuts_3_13_15
A man and his wallet, reunited after 65 years - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31854167 In which people are awesome.
How British video games became a billion pound industry - http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zt23gk7?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=BBC_iWonder&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=knowledge_and_learning
This is What an 81 degree, 325 ft Drop at 95 mph Looks Like - http://twistedsifter.com/videos/fury-325-roller-coaster-at-carowinds-pov-test-run/ Yet more fantastic use of Go-Pros
This is What a Snoring Dormouse Sounds Like - http://twistedsifter.com/videos/what-a-snoring-dormouse-sounds-like/
Amazing but true: America is only four presidents’ lives old - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/03/12/amazing-but-true-america-is-only-four-presidents-lives-old/ For nwhyte
The soup method - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31907546 - In which Colchester borrows an idea from Detroit
Irish town builds memorial to thank Native Americans who helped during Famine - http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/-Irish-town-builds-memorial-to-thank-Native-Americans-who-helped-during-Famine.html
10 birds are in the running to be Britain's official avian mascot - http://mashable.com/2015/03/16/national-bird-vote-britain/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link
Science:
Sudden cardiac death in athletes - http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h1218
Why the Warm Ocean on This Moon of Saturn Could Be Perfect for Life - http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a14507/enceladus-saturn-moon-ocean/
The "Harvard Sentences" Secretly Shaped the Development of Audio Tech - http://gizmodo.com/the-harvard-sentences-secretly-shaped-the-development-1689793568
Penguin waddle put to the test - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31910427
Sports:
Football:
Part 1 of footballers being awesome - Grace McCatty: From Champions League to volunteering in Zambia - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31945848
Part 2 of footballers being awesome - Burnley striker Danny Ings helps four-year-old achieve her 'bucket list' - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/heartwarming--burnley-striker-danny-ings-helps-four-year-old-achieve-her--bucket-list-134058544.html
Milan Mandaric: Football’s Mr Fixit says farewell - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31897956
Ice Hockey:
RMNB Readers Reunite Mike Green With His Discontinued Stealth CNT Sticks - http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2015/03/17/rmnb-readers-reunite-mike-green-with-his-discontinued-stealth-cnt-sticks/ Basically, Mike Green gave fans some sticks post match several seasons ago. The stick manufacturers stopped doing that kind of stick so the fans have given them back because he loves that kind of stick so much. And then Green scores with his old sticks having not scored for 20 games.
Rediscovered Lafleur-Lemieux photo a study of stars and a teen's hero worship - http://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/rediscovered-lafleur-lemieux-photo-a-study-of-superstars-and-a-teenagers-hero-worship