Sunday Links

Women Wear High Heels Because We Are Idiots, Says History (I stopped wearing them years ago)

The Watts Memorial Chapel in Surrey is said to be 'one of the most beautiful, extraordinary, original, marvellous and magical buildings in the whole of the British Isles!'  (Via PfRC)

Watch this Crime Mixtape: a difficult kid locked in psychological warfare with his babysitter; a hapless young woman whose bonkers cash grab immediately goes south; a cowboy outlaw who is not what he seems; and three men trying to make good after serving time behind bars.

For the next two days, the watermelon sits in the fridge in a bath of brine. When people come over I bring it out like an underwhelming Victorian curio.

It Took Two Months and Nearly a Million Dollars to Save an Unvaccinated 6-Year-Old From Tetanus

Disappearance in the Desert: The Walker/Martens Mystery

U.S. Counties Vary by Their Degree of Partisan Prejudice A guide to the most—and least—politically open-minded counties in America.

The Rappelling Building Inspectors of New York City 

Have you ever felt like calling the fashion police? Evidently you can. How fashion forensics are helping solve crimes

Lin-Manuel Miranda Performing the Earliest Version of Hamilton at the White House, Six Years Before the Play Hit the Broadway Stage

IKEA Kama Sutra manual offers more satisfaction in the bedroom

Rollin' on the river: An Artist, a Shantyboat, and the Lost History of American River Communities 

Mizzled by misles  (via Coudal)

What Do We Mean By Good Design? 10 objects from the MOMA exhibition The Value of Good Design

 The anatomy of parrot vocalization Monkeys are our closest biological relatives, and they can't speak. But parrots don’t seem to have a problem at all.

John White, Google Street View Driver

The Austin 100  is a multi-genre playlist that distills the SXSW experience down to six hours of music, highlighting a hundred handpicked acts playing in 2019.

The Haunting History of 'Frozen Charlotte' Dolls 

For Sale: The English Farmhouse That May Have Inspired 'Wuthering Heights' 

For Bill Richardson, part-time dishwashing became a road to salvation The former radio host worked his way out of despondency, one dirty dish at a time.

Van Gogh's Ugliest Masterpiece: A Break Down of The Night Café (1888)

An analysis of dress codes  in 481 public high schools across the US and the messages they send to students.

CineFix's Top 10 Documentaries of All Time

Ink Minx