The History behind Billy Joel's "We didn't start the Fire" - finally, we can all know what "British Politician Sex" means, whether we want to or not. more inside

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/101577 The perfect thing for a summer evening, when you don't want to heat up the kitchen! The first one and this one use the traditional chick-peas and lemon juice; the third one uses black beans and lime juice. They're all divine.

Pinatas! Is it wrong to love pinatas as a "grown-up?" Some silliness for the weekend. more inside

Flaming Fire Illustrated Bible Our goal is to illustrate the entire bible verse-by-verse one illustration per verse. We plan to enlist artists and illustrators from all over the world— including you! View it your way.

What Does the Fungus Know That You Don't? An experiment.

Europe's oldest civilisation discovered: "a network of dozens of temples, 2,000 years older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids" spread across sites in what are now Germany, Austria and Slovakia.

Fractals. Also, a 3d fractal generator more inside

My Space Journal of a 16 Year Old Gay Kid. He came out to his parents. They being a certain kind of evangelical christians, sent him to a treatment facility, he posted the rules before he went.

Riding on my bicycle...I'm riding on my bike...THEN I'M KICKING YOUR ASS! "cyclotouriste" starts out a little sensitive, then gets crazier than yo mama on the pipe.

Stuff on my cat. That pretty much says it all more inside

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau turns 80, so the Grauniad publishes an article about him, as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century. (via a&ldaily.com) more inside

Something snotty for bottomfeeders: from the anomalist. more inside

SardineKing ...labels wanted...

Father's Day is quickly approaching. Still looking for gift ideas? How about a personalized branding iron? Ouchie. Because, "Whenever you want to give someone something very special that they will remember and use forever, consider a SteakBrands.com branding iron."

Curious Monkey: Does anyone live in Little Rock or know anyone in Little Rock who might be able to give some feedback on what life would be like for someone from the middle east there? I have a friend who's an egyptian doctor who is considering a job offer.

The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre opens to the public tomorrow, June 11, in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. more inside

Googie architecture of the 1950s and '60s. Googie influenced retro-futurism (think The Jetsons) and Tiki/Aloha architecture. It's also known as Doo-Wop architecture. Classic examples are found predominantly in California and along Route 66, and preservation projects are in action to retain them.

The brand new Louvre.fr is absolutely gorgeous and full of stuff. (via AEIOU) more inside

Double-y Dactyl-y Hey, Monkeys, speaking of Piet Hein and Grooks, how about a thread on people who invented forms of humorous verse? Let's begin with my dissertation chairman, Paul Pascal, who co-invented the form known as the Double Dactyl, or Higgledy Piggledy: more inside

Most unusual cards for you to buy. Incredibly awesomely cool.