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Morning Cup of Links: Those Laid-back Icelanders
by Miss Cellania - May 19, 2008 - 2:29 AM
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Why Iceland has the happiest people on Earth. The secret is a laid-back attitude and few hangups.
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A best-of list you never want to be a part of: The 21 Best Mugshots Evar. The guy at #1 already has fanfiction written about him.
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Invasive Zebra Mussels are keeping California boaters out of the water. No, the mussels don’t care, but authorities don’t want the little buggers hitching a ride to our waters.
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Can you name all the US states in ten minutes? Spelling counts, but the map makes it easy. I did it in 3:45, rather slow because I don’t touch type. If you want to try it without a map, go here.
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What can you do when you have to load your bobcat on a truck and you have no ramp? Watch and learn from a master.
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An account of going from average to Superman in 16 weeks with the help of steroids. This is actually a horror story.
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Make your own rock candy! The recipe is right here, courtesy of Jason’s father-in-law.

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Comments (9)

  1. 2:38, map-free, also without being a touch typist!

    OK, that was the third time around. The first time I forgot Minnesota until about 7 minutes into the quiz. The second time I couldn’t figure out which two I left out, until 5 minutes in. Embarassingly, they were Alaska and Hawaii.

    I love these timed quizzes, as you can see from my website. I’d like to see more of them on Mental Floss! Heck, you even have a great selection of ideas in the comments of your “x in y minutes” blog post.

    posted by gmsc on 5-19-2008 at 4:29 am

  2. 2:43. I can type, but I drew a blank for a few seconds on Connecticut.

    posted by Lisa on 5-19-2008 at 6:18 am

  3. 1:37, because I know the song of the states in alpha-order. Would have been more like 1:15 but my boss walked by.

    posted by Kelly J on 5-19-2008 at 9:10 am

  4. 2:25… took me a second to spell Massachusetts

    posted by TMo on 5-19-2008 at 9:56 am

  5. I also totally forgot Minnesota in the mapless quiz. Then I started naming hockey teams and I was like, aha!

    posted by Ariel on 5-19-2008 at 10:57 am

  6. the link about Iceland – Wonderful. Glad theres a place like that.

    posted by septer on 5-19-2008 at 2:48 pm

  7. I knew that 50 states in alphabetical order song would come in handy one day…. yay third grade!

    Too bad I can’t spell Connecticut.

    posted by Laura on 5-19-2008 at 4:03 pm

  8. Yikes! I remember the zebra mussel invasion of Lake Erie, back in the ’80s. They coated EVERYTHING, made the shorelines a hazard for feet, clogged intakes, and filtered all the algae out of the water, killing a lot of the fish.

    posted by Mel on 5-19-2008 at 6:14 pm

  9. 3:47 – And I’ve never been to USA!

    I suppose growing up in little ol’ New Zealand, all tucked up in the far corner of the world, predisposed me to studying the atlas with fascination.

    posted by dangermouse on 5-19-2008 at 9:43 pm

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