Atlas Obscura is a “A Compendium of This Age’s Wonders, Curiosities and Esoterica.” Users are invited to suggest odd places and add to information about existing entries. (via Curious Expeditions)
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15 Essential Moments To (Re)Visit if You Had a Time Machine. Just be sure you are ready to escape when things get hot.
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Flint resident Michael Moore has a few suggestions for how to handle General Motors, now that the bankrupt company is in federal hands. (via Boing Boing)
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Ten Tid-bits as Tetris Turns Twenty-Five. Apparently, I started playing this game on day one.
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“It’s one of the maddening perversities of human psychology that we only notice we’re alive when we’re reminded we’re going to die”. A cartoonist who was stabbed in the throat talks about the euphoria of survival. (via Metafilter)
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The Top Ten Top Ten Food Lists. From the ten most disgusting candies to ten food sex scenes in movies, there’s something here you’ll want to read.
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A genuine “oops” moment: U.S. Releases Secret List of Nuclear Sites Accidentally. “These screw-ups happen,” says former CIA director.
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Mom’s the word: When sitcom stars start expecting. TV shows through the years have handled this delicate situation in strange and creative ways.