molasses, vowels, con man, honda

I know it's weird to say this, but this is my favorite disaster, possibly because it's so strange. Or at least it's one of them, I have a fascination with disasters.

How Americans near the great lakes are changing the sound of English.

Allegedly at least, the smoothest con man who ever lived.

This guy drove 1,000,000 miles in his Honda. So Honda threw him a parade.

Roma, boards, secret pool

The homes of the wealthy Roma in Romania. Very interesting, particularly the bathroom thing.

A surprisingly interesting article about wooden pallets.

Awesome pictures of the Woolworth Building, including the pool(!) in the basement.

octopi

A series of awesome octopus videos - I'll post the link to the list rather than put them all up here. But here's a sample.