Sunday Links

INSTAGAM/LANASATOR

The Ekranoplan (above) once launched nuclear-tipped missiles. Now, after a towing gone wrong, it's stranded off an abandoned Russian beach.

How risky is your behaviour? The microCOVID Project makes rough estimates about the risk level of various activities. Via MeFi

I say bring back The Golden Age of Flying!

Jellyfish Sprites, Explained : Here’s why it sometimes looks like red tentacles are dangling in the sky.

The Daily Miniature: inside the big world of tiny things

Scientists created a scale model of Stonehenge one-twelfth the size of the ancient site to study its acoustics and found that sound was amplified for people inside the structure.

The Oldest Hotel In The World It has been run by one family for its entirety, dating back 52 generations and is operating for its 1315th continuous year in 2020!

Siena, Italy, crams 30,000 people into the amount of space occupied by a five-stack interchange in Houston, Texas. Via Miss Cellania

Canal communities: Europe's other 'Venices' 

This week's house envy: The Catskill Milliner

The immortal yew. All living things must die eventually but not apparently the yew. It is a symbol of resurrection.

Rename Boneless Wings : “Nothing about boneless chicken wings actually comes from the wing of a chicken”

COVID Odyssey (Campus Health to Freshman Tom)

Beyond the Visible is the first feature-length documentary about pioneering abstract painter Hilma af Klint. Via

 Why are the Dutch so tall?

50 Best Vegan Recipes - 101 Cookbooks I can personally vouch for the paella and the enchiladas.

A Cycle Path Cut Directly Through a Lake in Belgium

The Bubble interactive experience was created over a year ago at the NFB’s interactive studios. Set in 2050, Bubble imagines a world in which nothing has been done to slow down global warming.

How a Chinese teapot is made Via Memo of the Air

Kudos to Kuno 

Travel the world via MoviesOnMap. h/t Maps Mania

Novelist Jesmyn Ward lost her beloved husband—the father of her children—as COVID-19 swept across the country. She writes through their story, and her grief in Vanity Fair

Pixies1980s Anthem 'Where Is My Mind?' Played Outdoors on Slide Guitar

I don't believe in haunted houses, do you? Welcome Home is a "show in a box" experience that comes with dinner. Via Rusty's Electric Dreams