The X-Files script that was too bleak to air: Maybe I’m just a glutton for punishment but as a 90s-era XPhile I kinda want to read it. Not available at the link in the article and a quick Google reveals only expensive printed versions remain, I’m safe for now.
Tyler Gunther’s Medieval Art: there’s more than just the “medieval food pyramid” thing that went around last week.
Greenland Unicorns and the Magical Alicorn: I never knew that narwhal horns formed such a large part of early modern Danish trade. Obviously, the Danes knew unicorns weren’t real but successfully managed to “rebrand” narwhals to keep up trade.
The Occult Remedy the Puritans Embraced: this explanation of the logic behind “sympathetic medicine” reminds me of the seeming illogic of alchemy. Neither work because they’re based on incorrect premises but the assumptions stemming from them are utterly logical.
