Top 15 USA Winter Olympic Moments.The Hunting Strategies of Carnivorous Plants. As if we didn't have enough to worry about with lions, tigers, and bears.
30 Astounding Science and Tech Geeks. Ranked by some algorithm I don't understand that will provoke arguments, especially over #2.
Take a look at the Helicoprion, a shark species from 250 million years ago. Its teeth grew in a spiral shape somewhere on its body. (via Metafilter)
Coney Island Freaks of Yesterday and Today. The definition of "freak" has changed, but the name of the game is still entertainment.
Journalist Stieg Larsson became a bestselling author of fiction, but he never knew it because he died before the first novel was published. Now there competing biographies, allegations that he didn't write those novels, and the possibility that his life partner will inherit nothing.
Samuel Arbesman constructed a map of the Milky Way that resembles a subway map. "Hopefully it can provide as a useful shorthand for our place in the Milky Way, the 'important' sights, and make inconceivable distances a bit less daunting." (via Laughing Squid)
The World’s 18 Strangest Tunnels. Whether its their size, usage, history, or construction, each has a story to tell.
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