Good Reads and Information

Yesterday, for the first time in history, humans got to see the entire sun. Probes launched in 2006 reached opposite sides of the star and will send back data for the next eight years.

Humans are peculiar among species in that we can deliberately adapt to almost any situation we put ourselves into. A case in point is how some people learn to swim underwater for minutes at a time. (via Not Exactly Rocket Science)

The Roma's Long Road to Equality.

You probably remember how the Berlin Wall fell, but do you know how and why it was erected? The building of the wall in 1961 was actually a deadly serious game of double-dare between world superpowers, as the world waited to see who would blink first.

The Big Picture has a roundup of disturbing, scary, uplifting, and certainly historic photographs from Egypt. Despite interruptions in internet service, journalism rises to the challenge.

What we know so far about the Jerusalem UFO. Three videos from different angles, but as of yet no one is asking us to take them to our leader.

7 Animals Humans Brought to Extinction.

Think about it: when someone hugs you, it lasts about three seconds. But it’s not just a rule for hugs -almost everything we do happens in three-second durations! (via J-Walk Blog)

Now we have statistics that track the outcomes of the cases in each of the first ten seasons of the TV show Law & Order. Not only that, but they are compared with what was actually going on in New York City at the time -the NYC murder rate and the politics of municipal law enforcement. (via Metafilter)

10 Foods You Can Allegedly Make In A Coffee Maker. The only problem I see if that the coffee maker would be temporarily unavailable for coffee-making. (via Gorilla Mask)