Episode 44

Recent news

1. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68689823?zephr-modal-register

2. https://news.sky.com/story/pungent-stinknet-plant-in-arizona-forces-idyllic-picnic-area-to-shut-for-a-month-13103122

3. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/world/australia/whale-personhood-polynesia-maori.html

Historical News

1. https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-antikythera-mechanism-the-computer-from-ancient-greece

2. http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/1994/cp_car/

3. https://www.wmur.com/article/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-old-man-of-the-mountain/5132978

4. https://www.wmur.com/article/old-man-of-the-mountain-fall-anniversary-2023/43775941

5. https://historydaily.org/folktale-origins-of-wishing-wells/9

6. https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/07/antikythera-island-greece/

7. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-3000-year-old-wishing-well-in-germany-180981428/

8. https://westernwhitemtns.com/the-legacy-of-the-old-man-of-the-mountain/

9. https://alum.mit.edu/slice/hackers-finally-explain-how-they-get-top-great-dome

10. https://libraries.mit.edu/mithistory/mit-facts/#:~:text=MIT%20was%20founded%20on%20April,first%20classes%20beginning%20in%201865

11. https://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2012/02/mit_pranks_from_giant_torpedoes_to_stolen_police_cars_.html

12. https://www.germering.de/germering/site.nsf/id/pa_en_young_town_with_history.html. 

13. https://larongenow.com/2023/05/11/3000-year-old-artifacts-discovered-in-ancient-well/

14. https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/17/antikythera-mechanism-legacy//2023

Our Big Story

1. Borman, Tracy. The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty. New York: Grove Press, 2016. 

2. https://www.tudorsociety.com/groom-stool-sarah-bryson/

3. https://archive.org/details/collectionofordi00soci/page/n5/mode/2up

4. https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/the-men-who-changed-henry-viiis-underpants/

5. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Groom-of-the-Stool/

6. https://allthatsinteresting.com/groom-of-the-stool