History The Strand once published a jade specimen worth exactly one fat man Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1858 the Thames smelled so bad that Parliament fled and Disraeli called it a 'Stygian pool' Ellsworth Toohey

History Victorian hair jewelry: bracelets and rings woven from the dead Popkin

History An 1875 coffin for Little Joe, the canary who saved a mine crew Popkin

History 19th-century page turners were carved to look like human hands Popkin

History Did Victorians really treat headaches by hammering metal helmets? Popkin

art Victorian girl's sketchbook turns her cat Mouton into a playful fantasy hero Popkin

vintage Dumbwaiters and milk doors: Lost home features that seem useful today Popkin

History When grief was gem-set: the eerie Victorian brooches made of hair, teeth, and tears Popkin

History Bizarre cow markings stun readers of 1902 Australian magazine Ellsworth Toohey

literature 10,000 historical children's books free to explore in digital archive Ellsworth Toohey

museums Rare 1830s luxury condom featuring naughty nun goes on display Ellsworth Toohey

victorian era How a teenage diarist scandalized the nation in 1902 with a thirsty Victorian memoir Ellsworth Toohey

special effects Watch 1907's "The Doll's Revenge" — the first cannibal killer doll film in cinema history Ellsworth Toohey

Science This Victorian ghost book exposed spiritualist frauds with cool optical illusions Ellsworth Toohey

History How a raunchy love charm became an innocent nursery rhyme Ellsworth Toohey

Science Vivianite may be the most goth crystal on Earth with its eerie glow and graveyard origins Popkin

History On one night in 1888, tens of thousands of English sheep fled their fields at once Ellsworth Toohey

Science Magnified Sand reveals the hidden beauty of individual grains Popkin

History Someone already pitched Bezos' 10,000-year clock — in 1903 Ellsworth Toohey