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Queen Elizabeth coronation ceremony, 1953

Queen Elizabeth illness and death discussion is here

A slightly belated congratulations to MeFi's own Languagehat on the twentieth anniversary of his blog.

The Songsmiths Quartet

Great detective work to chase down a vintage musical mystery in Ask Metafilter!

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Weird Al by Digital Glover (cc by)

geoff. has a nice story about Weird Al

Snorkel en Rojas by almirot (cc by)

Scuba and snorkel instructor here. I have had reservations about the full face masks since they came out: danapiper comments in the Drowning in three feet of water thread.

By Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures, CC BY-SA 3.0

A swift and satisfying answer to a mysterious handmade book find question in Ask Metafilter