Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Miss Cellania's Links

Death on the Mississippi. How 1700 returning Civil War POWs lost their lives in one night.

How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans From Tehran. The 2007 Wired magazine article that inspired the movie Argo.

The things people say to female journalists.

Jewel of the Universe is the fanciest world map you've ever seen.

18 ordinary English words that Julius Caesar spoke. Of course, they were Latin words back then, but they've survived to be used today.

Meet The Most Adorably Terrifying Soldier Ever. Wojtek the “soldier bear” did his part for the Polish Army in World War II.

In response to last week's story about the declining birth rate, folks share their stories of how they decided to remain childless. Or, as many prefer to call it, child-free.

Love on the dole: 18 songs about being on government assistance. Not all of them are sympathetic to the downtrodden.

How does one physicist propose to another physicist? With a research paper entitled "Two Body Interactions: A Longitudinal Study."

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