In this week’s historical highlights you’ll find articles about unique museums, scientific experiments, peanut butter cups, the Ten Commandments, and more.
Have you heard of Atlas Obscura? This website is chock-full of articles about “the world’s hidden wonders.” Here are some recent headlines that caught my eye:
- “Toruń Gingerbread Museum”
- “Museum of Historical Chamber Pots and Toilets”
- “The Real Electric Frankenstein Experiments of the 1800s”
- “In the 1800s, Sick People Would Consult Cookbooks Before Doctors” (FYI The Archives at the University of Guelph, where I did a co-op for my Master’s degree, has a huge collection of cookbooks dating back to the 17th century.)
- “The Nearly-Solved Mystery Behind the Missing Corpse of One of the Richest Men Ever”
- “How A Fake British Accent Took Old Hollywood By Storm”
(A more detailed answer to the question “What in the World is the Transatlantic Accent?”) - “Was it Hershey or Reese That Made Peanut Butter Cups Great?”
In other news, the earliest known stone inscription of the Ten Commandments will be up for auction later in November.
And to end today’s post, here’s a short introduction to symbols used in cemeteries.
