Thursday, March 01, 2012

Miss Cellania's Links

R.I.P. Monkee Davy Jones. He succumbed to a heart attack at age 66.

Five Common Misconceptions About the Middle Ages.

Against Big Bird, The Gods Themselves Contend In Vain. Who knew that the Sesame Street Muppet could stamp his foot and change the rules of the Egyptian afterlife? The entire special is available to watch on YouTube, starting with part one. (via Metafilter)

Five Things You Buy That Don’t Actually Work The Way You Think. (via the Presurfer)

Duck Face: The Race For The Cure. The first step is in recognizing the symptoms and the rapid spread of this dreaded disease.

Neighborhood Watch is a new comedy starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, written by Seth Rogan. The premise is killer: "Suburban dads form a neighborhood watch group to get time away from their families, only to discover a plot to destroy Earth."

Flying robotic helicopters called Quadrotors play the James Bond theme. They are not controlled remotely by humans, like toys; rather all the moves are programmed through computers.

Check Out This Awesome Steampunk Nerf Sniper Rifle. Now imagine the confusion it will cause some future civilization when they excavate this in a few million years.

Witness Possibly the Worst Own Goal in Soccer History. It's an ill wind that blows no good.

The Harrowing Lives of Child Miners in the Early 1900s. Little boys fit down in the shafts better than grown men and demanded less money for their labor.

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