Ten Surprising Facts Behind Charlotte's Web. Many of its parts are based on true stories.
Emily the Curlew's Anger Management Issues.
The Dance of the Devils at Carnaval de Oruro.
A guy from Texas joins forces with Russian soldiers. He's pretty proud about it.
A Short History of Ice Cream.
Ukraine invites Russian mothers to fetch captured soldiers. Families would be reunited, Moscow would be embarrassed, and Ukraine wouldn't have to feed or guard POWs. (via reddit)
What's Ahead for Human Evolution? We haven't moved completely away from natural selection; the pressures we have today are just different. (via Damn Interesting)
Four optical illusions and the science behind them. (via Boing Boing)
A blast from the past (2015): Ada Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer.
Don't forget Stromberg's long table in the Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me".
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