Next time someone tries to tell you that farming is boring: https://tinyurl.com/wrhuyewp

“Baby farming” was a term coined during the Victorian Era to describe the practice of taking custody of unwanted children or those whose parents were unable to care for them, for a small fee. Essentially, a baby farm was a for-profit orphanage: https://tinyurl.com/8vuambxw

I was not aware that the Shoebill stork sounded like a construction site. Now I know: https://tinyurl.com/fmhh4d4h

A day in the life of a weed delivery man in New York City at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic: https://tinyurl.com/dpph6rr

An interesting (If not terribly practical) tent designed to hang from trees: https://tinyurl.com/yycfy68a

AXM Paper Space Scale Models lets you download plans for some fantastic paper models of various spacecraft: https://tinyurl.com/dtdp36pt

Spend the night in a gorgeous restored windmill in rural Kent: https://tinyurl.com/nayyw2pz

Soooooo apparently tarantulas can swim. SURPRISE!: https://tinyurl.com/2srz7dwf

Artist Edgar Askelovic, aka Aspencrow, crafts amazing sculptures with a wide range of materials (a few pieces are NSFW): https://tinyurl.com/43zdxtr4

If you’ve never seen the large-scale art installations of Daniel Popper, you’re in for a treat (Click the “Projects” tab to see his works): https://tinyurl.com/yj87v2m8

If you’ve ever seen those pics of fruits that have been grown into weird shapes, like hearts or squares, now you can do it yourself. And apparently this website also sells tiny underpants for peaches, if that’s your thing. I’m not gonna judge: https://tinyurl.com/4ajtev6p

Charlie doesn’t think his antique car-collecting habit has become a problem. But some of his neighbors are angry and his wife is sick of it. What’s the line between hoarder and preservationist?: https://tinyurl.com/4ncvv2xe

In Glenelg, on the west coast of Scotland, there’s the Skye Ferry, the last turntable ferry in the world: https://tinyurl.com/2338jyny

Nice little twitter thread from Fake History Hunter, regarding misrepresented photos of nurses in WWII: https://tinyurl.com/c868peky

Vintage Swedish stoves have a look and charm all their own: https://tinyurl.com/b7wn3fe8

A historic Russian recipe that turns apples into marshmallow: https://tinyurl.com/25ur5y59

Some of the best Milky Way photos of 202: https://tinyurl.com/nbwyhepa

The Superb Fairy-wren has developed a brilliant way to identify its babies and outsmart cuckoos that like to lay their eggs in other species’ nests: https://tinyurl.com/vxj5jsxm

The Chinese government is apparently committed to building what may be the world’s most difficult dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river. It would be a megastructure in the Himalayas, closely involved with the Indian border, in the world’s deepest canyon, would control a major source of water for India and Bangladesh, and in a seismically dangerous area: https://tinyurl.com/wmexys33

Flat pack pasta was created to potentially save space during shipping and storage, and it also looks super cool: https://tinyurl.com/2uyedkdh

Mesmerizing B&W time-lapse footage of clouds, set to the wonderful song “The Last Goodbye” by Eric Kinny and Danica Dora: https://tinyurl.com/asrmakkj

A new antitrust case shows that Prime inflates prices across the board, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’ that is anything but free: https://tinyurl.com/2bvpu5z3

The amazing Simone Biles in extreme slow motion: https://tinyurl.com/3s9h825w

This digitally enhanced and animated Abraham Lincoln is kinda cool, and honestly kinda creepy: https://tinyurl.com/srfxfvbw

Rumba Moreno is an all female rumba group shaking up Cuba’s music scene. In Uproar London-based filmmaker Moe Najati explores male resistance to their music: https://tinyurl.com/dyw5yz7j

A site that will take you to another, apparently entirely-random, website at the press of a button: https://tinyurl.com/yvy3ykwn

The fascinating physics of Tuned Mass Dampers that keep skyscrapers steady: https://tinyurl.com/sactetmk

The dark, macabre, surreal art of Murielle Belin (FYI some pieces involve preserved dead animals): https://tinyurl.com/cketpnuv

Sir Patrick Stewart as vacuum cleaners: https://tinyurl.com/k4atuvpt

“Inspired by design of historical maps, this project aims to concisely, but still comprehensively visualize the current state of the World Wide Web, and document the largest and most popular websites over the period of 2020-2021, along with their countless aspects and features”: https://tinyurl.com/2w853569

An Instagram feed of an AMAZING makeup artist, Drian Pili Bautista: https://tinyurl.com/yhe4c6mt

Some delightful digital art by Hal Tenny: https://tinyurl.com/3p4bu7uy

Fascinating cryptozoology mega thread from one of my favorite twitter accounts: https://tinyurl.com/acs7vbey

As an American, the Swindon Magic Roundabout looks like an absolute nightmare and I would probably have a panic attack: https://tinyurl.com/2b3thpd8

“In this episode, John Noksana, Carolina Behe, and Mumilaaq Qaqqaq sit down with Threshold producers Amy Martin and Nick Mott to discuss Inuit food security and Inuit sovereignty in the North”: https://tinyurl.com/7rvttu73

Fio Silva’s murals are a beautiful blend of natural forms and motions: https://tinyurl.com/4b7vruup

If you live in a place that doesn’t have cicadas, here’s what you’re missing: https://tinyurl.com/dvpxj2bs

One man in Italy has spent 50 years creating an amazing collection of stones: https://tinyurl.com/m766d3cp

Zimbabwean photographer and digital strategist Tawanda Kanhema documented 500 miles of roads in Zimbabwe after learning his country did not appear on Google Maps: https://tinyurl.com/evek5s4a

Textile artist Alexandra Kehayoglou on weaving memories of forgotten landscapes: https://tinyurl.com/yh5c6m94

Meet the Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle (Which looks NOTHING like a peacock, FYI): https://tinyurl.com/3p646fks

A very well done intro to how archaeological firms use remote sensing tools to find sites and areas of interest without physically digging, and how these tools can be invaluable in helping find sensitive sites like unmarked graves: https://tinyurl.com/ymdaksr2

One of the last matriarchies in Europe: https://tinyurl.com/252s33fy

If you’ve never seen the odd and amusing work of British artist David Shrigley, please enjoy!: https://tinyurl.com/yw9h6cec

Cool science with LEDs (Things start getting interesting about halfway through the video): https://tinyurl.com/rm7wtret

The story of a renowned surgeon who had a remarkable career. A career that was nearly hidden from the world when it was discovered that Dr. James Barry was actually a woman: https://tinyurl.com/3eryfymy

“Have you heard about the BASEBALL-SIZED CELLS living in the deep sea? Or the rocks that GROW? Or how these cells & rocks are home to hundreds of animals? Have you heard how we’re trying to mine these things to make electronics work?”: https://tinyurl.com/f495pkvc

Some insights into Misophonia, a disorder in which certain sounds trigger strong, and sometimes violent, emotional or physiological responses: https://tinyurl.com/64hdtnb5

“The End” is an artistic short film made entirely of gifs of the final scenes of a wide range of B&W and color films: https://tinyurl.com/yh4a7t9u

Whip spiders are fascinating creatures, though not everyone will find them to be delightful: https://tinyurl.com/8n9duttw

Have you heard of the orisha Elegba?: https://tinyurl.com/u7k9ks8e

Dive into all of the mysterious lore, debated symbolism, and enchanting aesthetics of the famous Hunt of the Unicorn tapestries, currently displayed in the MET Cloisters: https://tinyurl.com/us43ppt8

The Wikipedia entry for fictional Great Dane puppy Scrappy-Doo has six sections, 15 subsections, 19 sub-subsections, and is 2000 words longer than the Wikipedia entry for the entire history of Poland. BUT WHY?: https://tinyurl.com/2hwnwdre

14 year old Indian beatboxer, Shashwat, from Madhya Pradesh, India: https://tinyurl.com/wwz9pfc3

A fascinating and horrifying story about how parasites give a certain kind of ants a bizarrely extended lifespan: https://tinyurl.com/esezxfcv

Please enjoy this adorable Twitter thread of TikToks from England’s Black Country Living Museum: https://tinyurl.com/ynhns95d

The ‘Colacho,’ a man dressed as a devil, jumps over babies during ‘El salto del Colacho’, a traditional festival in the village of Castrillo de Murcia in Spain: https://tinyurl.com/vycyjfcp

Now you can create medieval memes with this tool from the Dutch National Library: https://tinyurl.com/tz9mz26d

Awww, the beloved Galapagos rock formation known as Darwin’s Arch has collapsed: https://tinyurl.com/f9b4shhy

“I found an article that said ‘The microwave was invented to heat hamsters humanely in 1950s experiments.’ And I thought, no it wasn’t. …was it?”: https://tinyurl.com/7mymurny

“I grew up with Josh Duggar, Ask Me Anything”: https://tinyurl.com/3m6r8px2

The Kyrgyz of the Pamir Mountains in Northern Afghanistan live at a high altitude way above tree lines, where no crops grow. Survival depends on the animals that they milk, butcher, and barter. This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled “The Evolution of Diet”, on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits: https://tinyurl.com/2bw7km8f

Hisako Koyama created one of the most influential solar observation collections in the last 400 years. But before that she was a little girl in WWII Tokyo, looking up at the stars during air raid blackouts: https://tinyurl.com/u6rr9edc

How average are you?: https://tinyurl.com/4njw2snw

If such things interest you, you can now see the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale Pavilions online: https://tinyurl.com/46rn642x

If ceramic buttons are your jam, this UK Etsy shop has a lovely selection: https://tinyurl.com/jemk2um8

Bees actually have rather unique, individual faces: https://tinyurl.com/yz58av5u

A short animated video telling the story of The Lion Man, a small ivory sculpture, carved 40,000 years ago, and the oldest known image of a being that does not exist in nature: https://tinyurl.com/8ny4stz5

A Tumblr dedicated to hard line comic illustrations: https://tinyurl.com/e7pebyvw

A sweet little Twitter thread of artistic cookies: https://tinyurl.com/75cynwnf