For Father’s Day, a selection of parenting advice from Homer Simpson: “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try”. Related: here are some Father’s Day lessons from Walter White, Don Draper and Tywin Lannister, and one of my favorite Dad stories (this last link is NSFW- language).
Tampons cause security alert in Egypt.
A scientific meta-analysis of whiskey flavors and quality.
June 18 is the anniversary of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo: history, quotes and video (including a Lego re-enactment).
The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature.
ICYMI, Wednesday’s links are here, and include Flag Day, how lemons gave rise to organized crime in Sicily, embarrassing landmarks by state, the ships buried below San Francisco, and works of art recreated using Marvel action figures.