More gripping than CSI. But also a lot more dangerous. Fredy Peccerelli's family have been forced to flee from Guatemala to the United Kingdom by his work - unearthing the forensic evidence associated with the mass killings of previous murderous regimes.

Harvard Dialect Maps Do you swim in a creek or crik? Do you like carr-a-mel or car-mel in your candy? Harvard Computing Society has done a neat survey where American dialect variations are mapped out. The geographical bias in the maps are not normalized, and some results are rather homogenous, so use at your own risk!

Curious, George: Which of these kung fu movies must I see? more inside

Optical Illusions in Flash

It may only take three licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, but have you ever wondered How Much Is Inside a Sharpie? Conversation Hearts? Easy Cheese or my personal favorite, a Keg?

Wil Wheaton is a Dick. Link points to an Alternet article which is more about Orkut than about Wesley Crusher. Find Wil's response here.

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Highly recommended tales: Author James Branch Cabell's work has been hard to find, and is difficult to classify -- was he primarily a humorist, a satirist ("For some occult reason ideas become far more revolting when they are very."), a writer of 'cult classics', or a fantasist? more inside

Old dinosaur books.

Deli Food Porn. For All Your Fake Meat Needs....