Six Quick Links for Thursday Noonish

After The Empire Strikes Back opened in 1980 in a few theaters in 70mm, George Lucas *changed the end of the movie* before its wider 35mm release 3 weeks later. "I don't wanna tell you this. We need some more shots for Empire." [starwars.com]

A new photograph (a self-portrait, no less) of blues legend Robert Johnson has surfaced. [vanityfair.com]

Despite what you may see on TV news media, polls say a majority of Americans believe wearing masks is a matter of public health and is a sign of respectfulness (69%) not weakness (8%). [huffpost.com]

The Young Vic is streaming their 2014 production of A Streetcar Named Desire with Gillian Anderson as Blanche DuBois for free on YouTube for the next week. [youtube.com]

A barber training video from 1950 shows trainees practicing shaving with straight razors on balloons. [youtube.com]

Scientists are releasing a recalibration of radiocarbon dating techniques that increases their accuracy, extends the useful range by 5,000 years, and may "shift the age of some prehistoric samples hundreds of years". [nature.com]

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