Sunday Links

One of Margaret Gillies’s illustrations for the
1842 Report of the Children’s Employment Commission

The Report of the Children’s Employment Commission, published in 1842, was unprecedented, not merely for the level of shocking detail and first-hand evidence, but because it was illustrated. Link

You'll wish you were deaf: The World's Worst Records, a compendium of cringe-worthy cuts. Via

Nightmares, Ranked Made me laugh.

The Disability Collection hits a thousand diverse photographs on its first anniversary 

Beach Sands Near Hiroshima Are Still Packed With 1945 Nuclear Fallout Debris The beaches on Hiroshima Bay are littered with this fallout debris up to a depth of around 4 inches.

Iron Man Jet Suit: Yours for just $373,310

This is love

What next? McDonald's to serve as mini U.S. embassies in Austria Via

Did you know the first webcam watched a coffeepot? 116 Amazing Facts for People Who Like Amazing Facts 

The 20 best true-crime shows ever The six of these that I saw or listened to were absolutely addictive. I think I'll track down the rest.

Winnipeg strikes Workers' demands for rights and a living wage shook the nation over 42 days in 1919.

16th century ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere  Lovely.

Never let anyone see you change or show skin when in costume. Japan's Only Mascot School Teaches the Art of Cuddly Cuteness 

Inside San Francisco's Plague-Ravaged Chinatown, c. 1900 The rumors of controversial mass inoculations had “plunged the town into disorder…”

Lady's Guide to Greenwich, London At the moment I am drinking a cup of Earl Grey Bluestar tea that I picked up at the Greenwich Market last month.

 Finding Retreats Away from Streets How to escape traffic in Berlin.

 81-Year-Old Babushka Takes Embroidery To A New Level Via

Yet more proof that the world is going to hell in a handbasket (as if we needed it).

Lost Cities of Palestine An extraordinary insight into Palestinian life in the city before 1948

Don’t Let the Angels Fall: The Curse of Cannes Sometimes, premiering a film at a prestigious festival is not the best strategy.

Bunny Yeager : The Brilliant Selfies “I was never a pin-up model. I did not pose for men individually like Bettie Page did. All the other models were wearing one-piece Jantzen and Catalina suits. I made my own and am beginning to think I invented the bikini, after the French did it.”

Those 'Ding' Sounds on Airplanes Actually Mean Something