For the 6th year, Katmai National Park and Preserve is staging Fat Bear Week, a tournament to crown the bear with the most successful weight gain of the year. Cast your vote for each matchup now through October 6. (via Metafilter)
Finnish rock paper scissors.
The Unsuccessful WWII Plot to Fight the Japanese With Radioactive Foxes. What could possibly go wrong?
Swearing Parrots Removed from Public View. If you didn't laugh at them doing it, they wouldn't enjoy it so much.
How Mass Incarceration Has Shaped History. (via Damn Interesting)
4 Crazy Forgotten Side Stories From World War II.
Did Early Humans Invent Hot Pot in Geothermal Pools?
The Art & Origins of Running Across Paris Rooftops. The story contains plenty of impressive videos.
A blast from the past (2016): 12 Museums For the Aviation Enthusiast.
Finns have a very strange sense of humour. I like it.
ReplyDeleteThe link for President Carter's bday messages is the aviation museum page.
ReplyDeleteKalsarikännit!
ReplyDeleteSorry about that! I have the link updated now.
ReplyDeleteTo send a birthday greeting you have to agree to get a lot of spam. Otherwise, a lovely idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link update.
ReplyDeleteI find it amusing that the National Helicopter Museum in Stratford CT (#12 in the "12 Muuseums for Aviation Enthusiasts" link) is housed in an old railroad depot.
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