Tuesday, August 09, 2016

Miss Cellania's Links

How Does Your Garden Grow? A brief explanation of plant tropism.

The String of Shark Attacks That Changed The Way We Look at Sharks. July of 1916 was a bad time to vacation on the Jersey shore.

Boomer, son of Michael Phelps, is the baby to watch in the Olympic cuteness category. His fashions for the Summer Games are the most patriotic ever.

The 1976 Great American Horse Race Was Won By A Mule Named Lord Fauntleroy. The 3,500-mile race required a tough mount.

The A.V. Club us celebrating 1996 Week. Here's a timeline of how pop culture changed that year.

The Perseid Meteor Shower Could Be Spectacular This Year. With a viewing guide.

What A Black Woman Wishes Her Adoptive White Parents Knew.

10 Amusingly Bizarre Tales From The First Modern Olympics. (via the Presurfer)

The Center for Science in the Public Interest compiled a list of menu offerings from restaurants that tip the scales in volume, calories, salt, or just plain overindulgence.

Why Straight Women Are Marrying Each Other. The Kurya tribe of northern Tanzania have a tradition that works for some women. (via Metafilter)

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