''Happy Birthday' may be the Hill sisters’ main claim to fame, but...Patty is the reason people now attend kindergarten...She introduced the progressive philosophy of early childhood teaching.' smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fo…

'[Adenauer] who had never even traveled to Washington...or Paris until he was 75, almost single-handedly transformed a bombed-out...nation into a civilized democracy and economic powerhouse...and became the chief architect of the...Euro-federation model.' theamericanscholar.org/the-very-elder…

That horrid, hissing hag: A terrifying--and smelly--Detroit ghost.

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Sunday read for film producers (but not only for film producers) - the new blogpost from Second Glance History

'Brocklehurst later described how Booth sawed the cartonnage open around the base and their subsequent disappointment on discovering it contained only mummified remains and no accompanying treasures.' atlasobscura.com/articles/victo…

'For Gallaudet...meeting Alice would prove fateful. He became determined to open up her world, and in doing so transformed the Deaf community—but the reputation of the institution he helped build would prove both complicated and tragic.' mentalfloss.com/posts/thomas-h…

In today's Weekend Link Dump, things that go well together: Neanderthals and bathrooms, vampires and the legal system, and funerals and arrests (that's me!).
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Happy #ColumnistDay to all the scribbling prattlers out there, especially the pleasantest of them all! ✍️ #HistoryBlog #ChronAm #19thC #19thC entury secondglancehistory.com/the-pleasantes…

🚨 NEW POST: You’ve heard of the movie “Death at a Funeral,” but what about “Arrest at a Funeral?” ⚰️ 🪦 #HistoryBlog
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The mystery of the woman in the tea-filled coffin. (Via Newspapers.com)

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Believe it or not, it's #BlahBlahBlahDay . Even more unbelievable? I once wrote a blog post in honor of this dubious holiday. I need a new hobby. #HistoryBlog #ChronAm secondglancehistory.com/a-blah-history/

'Both were fiercely independent, quick-witted and highly motivated individuals. They saw in each other a willing and trustworthy collaborator who would do what they could to overthrow the system of slavery that existed in the American South.' smithsonianmag.com/history/what-a…

The Kidwelly Mystery: Did solicitor Harold Greenwood poison his wife?

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'It's a typical evening at the Hohle Fels cave, around 38,000BC...a cosy domestic scene is unfolding...A woman is absent-mindedly fondling a small ivory figurine hung around her neck – her most valuable possession.' bbc.com/future/article…

Ah, the good ol' days, when dogs solved crimes 🐶 🔎, preachers ran away from their pulpits ⛪️, and children swallowed tadpoles. 🐸 #OTD #ChronAm #HistoryBlog secondglancehistory.com/on-this-day/

'[The invention of] an enslaved 12-year-old Black boy...on the...island of Réunion...rescued the island’s collapsing economy, transformed a tropical orchid into a cash crop, and commodified vanilla, turning it into the world’s most recognized flavor.' nautil.us/the-boy-who-wa…

“Had it not been for the color of skin, Laroche would have likely remained in France and lived to see his children grow...LaRoche’s story is also one of a man who...guided his family to safety amidst a terror no one could have imagined possible.” mentalfloss.com/posts/joseph-l…

Weekend Link Dump: Oakville Blobs, bird brains, celebrity courtesans, giant skeletons, feuding lawyers, alien abductions, Japan’s nine-tailed fox & more!

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'In America...You could be a lowlife, put on fancy clothes, and pretend to be someone else...The immigrant faced a whole new challenge of identifying and understanding who was in front of you, and that person could be there to take your money.' atlasobscura.com/articles/colum…