Courtesy of Debby:

Tax Revolts from Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Japanese handwritten post-earthquake newspapers. Related: Ancient stone markers warned of tsunamis.
Lego Brooklyn.
What determined the playing length of an audio CD?
10 Origin Stories of Common Household Products.
New Orleans wildlife update.
A wooden ball plays a Bach cantata in a forest by rolling down a track.
30 years of mobile computing.
Top 10 Civilizations That Mysteriously Disappeared.
The Architecture of Opium Production: lithographs from an 1882 Scientific American.
Rocket launcher made of bacon.
Nazi killer sausages.
Genetically modified cows produce ‘human’ milk.
Breakfast Beer. Related: Beer brings horse back from the dead.
Can Alcohol Help the Brain Remember?
Caffeine-infused underwear.
Indonesian clinic touts smoking as cancer cure.
8 once-amazing sci-fi devices now inferior to real-life gadgets.
Iceland’s Phallological Museum finally gets human specimen.
Secrets of the First Spaceflight.
Forbes List of the 15 Richest Fictional Characters.