12 Smiling Cats. (Thanks, hearsetrax!)
That Don! The newest parody song from Randy Rainbow. "That's never going to fit on a t-shirt."
Oakland’s Moms 4 Housing Were Evicted by a Giant Corporation That Runs National Home-Flipping Operation. More background on the story here.
When variations of a species are discovered, another name can be appended to designate the subspecies. If that subspecies name is the same as the other two names, you get a triple tautonym, like Bison bison bison. Wikipedia has a list of 21 triple tautonyms. (via Nag on the Lake)
When you set up a complicated chain-reaction ball run, you might want to put the cats away somewhere.
The Mexica Didn’t Believe the Conquistadors Were Gods. (via Damn Interesting)
What Bird Are You Most Like? This is from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and they know birds. (via Metafilter)
How to Make Sense of an Undrowned Town. Fifty years later, read about the effort to rebirth a town killed by good intentions.
Did Any Medieval Knight Ever Actually Rescue a Damsel in Distress? The actual historical record is pretty dismal for damsels.
A blast from the past (2012): Meet 5 Pioneering Women.
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