http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2715301

Spotted Dick

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn13562

Daedalus used feathers and wax – and we all know what happened to his son when he flew too close to the sun. Instead, you could try surgery, says Samuel Poore, a reconstructive surgeon at the University of Wisconsin in Madison who has now described the steps that would be needed to transform human arms into wings.

http://www.strangepersons.com/images/content/5226.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6drXB57d8g

It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlB6qxAh8Mk

From the page: “Police have issued CCTV footage of the moment a hapless arsonist set fire to himself when trying to set fire to an Atherton nightclub.”

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/31/080331fa_fact_owen?currentPage=1

Penny Dreadful – They’re horrid and useless. Why do pennies persist? One problem with pennies is that their metal value exceeds their face value.

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/03/31/the-grand-illusion-the-real-tim-ferriss-speaks/

For the last year Tim’s incredibly successful blog www.fourhourworkweek.com has been living proof of what he preaches – the content has been virtually outsourced to a pair of writers found via elance.com

http://www.chrisg.com/authority-maven-rss-productivity-tips/

Chris Garrett gives 21 tips on staying current with news and still get things done.

http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/rank-checker

From the page: “Want to know where your website ranks in the search results? Our Firefox Rank Checker extension allows you to easily check your website rankings in Google (US and international), Yahoo, and Microsoft Live search.”

Another must have Firefox add-on (if you run your own websites) from Aaron Wall’s SEO-Book.

http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/

An endlessly varied and compelling blog.