- Consulting the diaries of Christopher Columbus, archaeological investigators think that may have found the wreck of the Santa Maria off the north coast of Haiti. [via The Independent]
- The National Archives (U.K.) recently released their Twitter and YouTube archives. [via The National Archives blog]
- Quite the accomplishment, the Internet Archives has archived 400 billion webpages, enabling you to surf the webs from 1996 to today. [via InfoDocket]
- More announcements: Willie Nelson donates a portion of his papers to the University of Texas at Austin; University of British Columbia Digitization Centre Joins The Flickr Commons; the Smithsonian American Art Museum will make its digitized collections open to app developers. [via InfoDocket and ARTFIXdaily]
- The European High Court ruled that individuals have a "right to be forgotten" which allows them to request search engine results be removed to protect their right to privacy. [via InfoDocket]
- For all of us who have tried it, singing "The Star Spangled Banner" well is quite difficult, but thankfully here is an explanation of the reason why! The video below is of folk musician, Pete Seeger, leading the audience in singing our national anthem. [via O Say Can You See?, NMAH]
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