Spartan Government: The Gerousia and the Ephorate - from Arcane History Blog.

JM's World War One Sketchbook - The images here are from a set of two World War One sketchbooks containing approximately 130 water-colour and pen and ink images which were produced by an unknown British soldier. more inside

100 Items to Disappear First

Henry Lizardlover has lots of Iguanas which he has patiently taught to pose in amusing human-like ways. You may have seen a couple of pix do the rounds recently of his posing lizards. Here are some more. Warning: picture of Iguana bite wound on human - not that icky but YMMV Snarfled from Blort more inside

Theories of cancer - On the purposeful hiding of environmental factors in cancer.

The most "earthlike" exoplanet found to date is Gliese 581c, the smallest planet yet discovered in the habitable zone of another star, Gliese 581, which is a Red Dwarf star. Given that it is in the habitable zone, what would conditions be like on that planet?

Teach your brain to stretch time - Biologists traditionally divide our timekeeping abilities into three domains: circadian rhythms, which control things such as sleep and wakefulness over the 24-hour period; millisecond timing, which is involved in fine motor tasks; and interval timing, which is the seconds-to-minutes range - the system through which we consciously perceive the passage of time.

Claim: Too Much Cola Can Cause Kidney Problems

Buddhism is the best religion because it doesn't discriminate against animals and allows all species entry, hence this praying dog. more inside

The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success

Disturbing Russian Playgrounds - more - and more - aargh!

711chan pwns Scientology - Hackers from the /i/nsurgency raided scientology's secret, sacred documents. Documents were leaked. They are crazy. Read them if you dare.

LOL Builder more inside

Historic Audio Clips in MP3 Format.

Fill-in the Blank Apology Form Thingy seen at Catercorner Bungits more inside

Safety Gear for Small Animals FLASH interface & I just threw my back ooch ouch

Polynesian Chickens in Chile Eggheads have long assumed the Spaniards introduced chickens to the New World. But radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis now suggest that the Polynesians first brought chickens to South America.

this peanut looks like a duck more inside

Can a study of Rhesus Macaque monkey behaviour determine how far back in evolutionary time the "ability to impute thoughts and intentions to another individual" developed? more inside

"I ENJOY FART" says Dr. Michael Levitt, the American gastroenterologist who has unraveled much of what is known about human fartulence. Levitt is a gas guru, prodigy of poots, high priest of hole flappage, the seer of stinkburgers. What this man doesn't know about toilet tunes could be written in brown on the bottom of your undies. more inside