Morning Cup of Links: Memorial Day
The bugle call "Taps" is used at military funerals and memorial services as well as for lights out. Where did this song originate, and why does it affect us so?
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How The U.S. Government Killed The Safest Car Ever Built. Was it an idea that was destined to fail, just hard to sell, or a a case of destroying "the evidence that you could do much better"? (via Metafilter)
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Can you match Nicholas Cage's hair to the movie it (and he) appeared in? Here are the answers. (via The Daily What)
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Adam Savage explains the myth that Mystbusters busted, but the real experiment will never be aired on TV. The results might give sponsors and children nightmares.
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The best class of 2010 senior portraits. I hopes these graduates remember the stories behind these weirdly-posed pictures when their grandchildren ask. (via Everlasting Blort)
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11 Brain-Twisting Paradoxes. I could give you an answer for all of these if I had enough aspirin. (via Gorilla Mask)
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The modern version of The Ugly Duckling. You guessed it, computers are involved.
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Peter Sagal of NPR talks about his way cool job and researching people who don't want to be normal. Also find out how a political story he wrote became the Dirty Dancing sequel.