Usurious George; Cuanto cuesta el mono en la ventana? I have a sneaking suspicion I'm overlooking something really obvious here...but here it is; if it costs $49,000 to buy a detached bungalow in Surrey, Canada, in 1974, and $285,000 for same now, will the number continually get bigger to infinity? How about currency? Will a $1,000 bill be lunch money in 2067?

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Bush Poo Flags! Police in Germany are hunting pranksters who have been sticking miniature flag portraits of US President George W. Bush into piles of dog poo in public parks.

Russian Reality Ruse A new reality TV show is aiming to pull off the biggest hoax in TV history - by persuading a group of Britons that they have been blasted into space.

Scarious George: What are your favorite scary movies? more inside

Croatia to mark Tesla's 150th birthday Nikola Tesla was a truly odd, eccentric genius. Befriended almost exclusively by pigeons and Mark Twain, he invented radio, AC power, the foundations of radar, X-ray machines, and wireless electrical transmission. If you are intrigued in the least, a reading of some biographies would certainly be enligtening. previously mentioned here and here. more inside

Sherlock Holmes as he was the first time: Stanford University is now offering print or PDF Sherlock Holmes stories, serialized as they originally appeared in The Strand magazine. It's free! Go here to subscribe to either PDF or newsprint copies mailed to your home. You can also make a donation to support the project. It runs from early January through April--give yourself a little mystery in the new year! via boingboing

Curious George: Favourite Books What are your five favourite books? This thread made me think ... what about a MoFi reading list? Why not list your five favourite books: more inside

The Adventures of SuperPup A failed television pilot from 1958 and quite possibly the most amazing premise ever: Superman as a dog as played by little people.

Howard Dully was lobotomized at the age of 12. His illness that required spikes to be placed into his brain through his eyes? A stepmother who wanted to get rid of him. NPR lets Howard tell his own story as he tracks down information about a procedure that left him forever scarred.