Three archaeologists consulted on the making of the new shipwreck map, and discoveries by them and their colleagues have added several fascinating details that weren’t on the original buried-ships map created by the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in 1963. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/map-ships-buried-san-francisco

If adding a small amount of rennet would coagulate milk into cheese, was there an equivalent substance that could coagulate molten lead into gold? Both contemporary theories of matter and observational evidence suggested such a substance could exist. https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/dr-butler-and-quest-for-the-philosophers-stone

Some of us REALLY hate to be photographed. https://twitter.com/POPULARPUPPlES/status/1394836222577549316

I never got to watch Saturday morning cartoons; I was always in shul. At the time, I felt it made me miss important cultural references. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/05/the-rise-and-fall-of-saturday-morning-cartoons/

The world is designed against the elderly, writes Don Norman, 83-year-old author of the industry bible Design of Everyday Things and a former Apple VP. https://www.fastcompany.com/90338379/i-wrote-the-book-on-user-friendly-design-what-i-see-today-horrifies-me

I want a baby elephant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKMi9pmDN98

"Mobile apps like Flora Incognita that allow automated identification of wild plants cannot only identify plant species, but also uncover large-scale ecological patterns. This opens up new perspectives for rapid detection of biodiversity changes." https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210512115606.htm

Life, the universe and everything: just three of the topics that author Douglas Adams fails to adequately explain in this Newsnight interview about life, the universe and everything.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/douglas_adams_newsnight/zjb992p

The Siri shortcut "I'm getting pulled over" automatically opens your camera and records cops https://www.mic.com/p/the-siri-shortcut-im-getting-pulled-over-automatically-opens-your-camera-records-cops-22988934

Lloyd’s handwritten book, in all its blotched and crumbling glory, is set to be published in a colour facsimile for the first time, giving readers a new glimpse into Austen’s home life. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/17/want-to-try-jane-austens-favourite-cheese-toastie-now-you-can

Think of @Nigella_Lawson 's _Cook, Eat, Repeat_ as "food writing, with recipes," I wrote in my review, and you'll be more than satisfied. https://amzn.to/2SkSO6C

Life Hack: Make your Okta password a positive affirmation. That way IT will force you to repeat it to yourself 3-5 times a day

As it turns 50, 11 Facts About Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646337/led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven-song-facts

A website that plays a different sound effect based on the key you press

https://www.patatap.com/

"What has been happening across the arts is not a recession. It is not even a depression. It is a catastrophe." https://harpers.org/archive/2021/06/stages-of-grief-what-the-pandemic-has-done-to-the-arts/

"There is only one recipe for a best seller and it is a very simple one. You have to get the reader to turn over the page." #writing
https://lithub.com/ian-fleming-explains-how-to-write-a-thriller/

The population of Vietnam’s critically endangered monkey, the Delacour’s Langur, has quadrupled in the past 20 years thanks to the combined efforts of a German primatologist and local communities. https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/thriving-population-of-endangered-monkeys-gives-hope-to-conservationists/

Cats interrupting yoga

C'mon, you know you want to giggle. It's short.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukaPBwvMSpY

The mansion in The Royal Tenenbaums is on the market for the first time since 1999.

The movie didn't do much for me (though it's a long time since I watched), but it's a great house.

https://www.curbed.com/article/the-royal-tenenbaums-house-for-rent-339-convent-avenue.html

"Here, I’ve collected ten stories of the destruction (or threat thereof) of unpublished works, diaries and letters by notable authors—texts, in other words, of interest to the world." https://lithub.com/10-tales-of-manuscript-burning-and-some-that-survived/