It’s the birthday of Dr. Samuel Johnson: Here’s a selection of his excellent insults and Scotland-bashing quotes.
Great Britain’s network of secret nuclear bunkers. Related to London’s secret nuclear reactor.
The man who cut out his own appendix.
The Night of the Flaming Ballerinas.
Someone alert the Nobel Prize folks: Inventing a Longer-Lasting Popsicle.
“A Cacophony of Hell”: The Story of the Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre.
ICYMI, most recent links are here, and include the anniversary of Skynet self-awareness, drinking habits of Revolutionary-era Americans, how LBJ used to mark his territory (yup — just the way you think), and an excellent supercut of random items used as improbable weapons.