Weekend Link Dump

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!Just watch out for the Strange Company HQ bouncer. He doesn't play games.Disaster hits HMS Queen Charlotte.A shipwreck that is a "monument to 19th century diplomacy."The "golden age of languages."The ancient Greeks sure liked to put curses on each other.Scientists come up with a lot of really, really, bad ideas.The fight to keep a murderer behind bars.The link between amusement parks and graveyards.A good argument for making your own ice cream.The theory that Henry Carey was the son of Henry VIII.A possible explanation for the "Great Dying."The fad of "white mourning."How Carrie Brown went from "happy bride" to possible Jack the Ripper victim.The serial killer who's been compared to Hannibal Lecter. This is a particularly strange and dark story.I have to admit, even I never dreamed the phrase "uterine exorcism" would turn up on this blog. Never underestimate me, I guess.Medieval views of food could be...interesting.A brief history of boredom.A visit to…