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Fact.

There’s only one thing wrong with this story: the words “against all reason.” Based on the voting numbers so far, + more

Useful Information

A heat map of metal bands per 100,000 people. That is all.

Americana!

I always thought that if one truly were interested in multiculturalism (as in the actual meaning of the word, not + more

Is There a Kosher Version?

From the “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” files comes this story of Dutch scientists, bovine stem cells, and lab-grown animal + more

On the GRAMMYs and the Wretched State of Music in America

I’ve heard it said somewhere that the GRAMMYs are nothing more than a celebration of music for people who don’t + more

Come on, Everyone—You Know the Words

If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to Why don’t you go where fashion sits…  

Monday Diversion

It’s Peter Gabriel’s birthday today. He’s 62. So we’re going to listen to him sing and play piano on “Here + more

Happy Birthday, Chuck

Thanks to Google, pretty much everyone knows it’s Charles Dickens’s 200th birthday today. To celebrate, consider purchasing a copy of + more

“Man as Industrial Palace”

Sure, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says that this is a 1926 chromolithograph of the human digestive and respiratory + more

Uh-Oh.

According to Bleacher Report, former GU standout Adam Morrison is the second-worst NBA draft pick of the last decade. In + more

“House: After Five Years of Living”

Take a gander at a short film made by Charles and Ray Eames of their home—Case Study House No. 8—in + more

Blue Marble 2012

Courtesy of NASA, here’s a link to an 8000 x 8000 HD image of Earth, shot January 4. Enjoy.

And the Winner Is…

If the entries in our Stupidest Song Ever contest are any indicator, the last word has precisely three readers. The + more

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Scientists from Skynet Case Western Reserve University have created an army of cyborg cockroaches.

Hello? Anyone?

The somewhat less-than-overwhelming response to yesterday’s post can only mean that a compelling case for the use of “ask” as + more

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