The Fight for Safe Milk: Pasteurization. Pasteurization saved millions from tuberculosis, polio, and typhoid fever but the resistance against requiring the process was fierce.A veteran of the Iraq War compares his readjustment to civilian life with that of the character Billy Pilgrim in Kurt Vonnegut's semi-autobiographical novel Slaughterhouse Five. (via Metafilter)
10 Facts About Jack LaLanne You Didn't Know. The fitness guru died Sunday at age 96. Also: Jack LaLanne's 10 Strangest Stunts. (via mental_floss)
A Dinosaur With Just One Finger.
Months of the Year And How They Got Their Names.
IKEA stores are designed like mazes. For a reason.
Underground Paris is a whole other world.
Now, this is the kind of pop quiz a teacher should give on a snowy day at school.
An 11-year-old is going to trial for murder as an adult. "The judge's rationale: Jordan's refusal to admit guilt showed that he was not sorry for what he did and therefore liable for murder as an adult." (via Metafilter)
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