Fukang Meteorite Found In China (2000) Made Up Of Large Oviline Crystals And A Nickel Iron Matrix Which

Fukang Meteorite found in China (2000) made up of large Oviline crystals and a nickel iron matrix which dates back to 4.5 billion years ago

JRR Tolkien, writing The Hobbit: The passages there were crossed and tangled in all directions, but the goblins knew their way, as well as you do to the nearest post-office…

Me, a child, reading it: Oh dear. I’m not sure I do know the way to the nearest post-office. It sounds as if that’s absolutely something I’m supposed to know. I can’t know less than a goblin. The book will be disappointed in me.

Me, a little while later, figuring out the location of a nearby post-office: oh thank goodness

Me for the rest of my life: feeling vaguely comforted and affirmed by knowing the location of the nearest post-office, a facility I almost never use, because I am at least the navigational equal of a goblin

Bodice

House of Worth (French)

Mid 1890s

Fashion Museum Bath via Twitter

Jan Bogaerts - Huis met tuin in de Vogezen' (1912)

Dressing Gown

1878-1879

United States

Peabody Essex Museum (Object Number: 133939)

A knitted belt from the Byzantine Empire, c.420-600 CE.