- The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History needs your help to preserve Dorothy's ruby red slippers. [via Washington Post]
- The gravedigger from Hamlet, Malvolio from Twelfth Night, and more Shakespeare-inspired Halloween costumes! [via Folger Shakespeare Library]
- IBM's Watson Supercomputer + Encyclopedia of Life= Biodiversity Treasure Trove Unlocked! [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- The world's oldest tattoo belongs to Ötzi, the European Tyrolean Iceman. [via Smithsonian Insider]
- Speaking of tattoos, you can learn about the history of tattooing, and get a new tattoo, all at the Field Museum! [via Chicago Sun Times]
- A new global spatial database from the European Commission showing human population growth on earth. [via Info Docket]
- Look back with DPLA at other presidential candidates who were political outsiders. [via Digial Public Library of America]
- The African American fashion designer behind Jacqueline Bouvier's wedding dress, Ann Lowe. [via NY Post]
- A new online audio collection from the Library of Congress of National Press Club Luncheon speeches given by presidents, prime ministers, and more. [via Info Docket]
- If you haven't had enough, you can watch presidential debates since 1960. In this one with John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, they each had 8 minutes for opening statements! [via Open Culture]
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