Gil's LotD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Surrender_of_Japan_-_USS_Missouri.jpg A picture of the ceremony where Japan formally surrendered at the end of World War II.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berghof_(Hitler) Hitler's mountain home.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/pitchfork-gives-music-68,2278/ Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/332081_slut18.html An unfortunate name for a streetcar line.

http://joeclark.org/appearances/atypi/2007/TTC/inscribed/ History of the typefaces used in Toronto's subway system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuZl9tRqjoQ The Anaesthetists Hymn.

http://www.uhaul.com/boards/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=4 A message board for giving away and picking up moving boxes.

http://shapewiki.com/ A collaborative wiki of user uploaded shapes that can be used on a map.

http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/pissing.html Selected folk stories from a website full of American folk stories.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/stephencfleming/BellJarBees02#slideshow/5109316574774634850 A slideshow of bees making a hive inside a glass jar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_Me_in_the_Ass One of Mozart's lesser known compositions.

http://armorgames.com/play/24/indestructotank IndestructoTank is a nifty flash game.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1562487/Lord-Michael-Pratt.html The obituary for Lord Michael Pratt.

http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-image-compression How JPEG images are compressed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Gou_Jian This ancient sword was found in an archaeological dig site in China in nearly perfect condition.

http://www.nitrome.com/games/toxic/ A fun little platformer flash game.

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/HTML/Perligata.html Write Perl in Latin!

http://chir.ag/projects/name-that-color/ Find the name of a color by choosing it from a color picker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knowledge#The_Knowledge In order to become a licensed cap driver in London you have to pass a very extensive test of the city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KazSat_1 Kazakhstan's first satellite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKVwUvdSnU4 Domestic violence simulator from Japan.

http://www.richardvalentin.com/news/hours.html A list of the top two most popular words from news websites. It's updated every hour and goes back a year or two.

http://www.pauliesworld.org/swhighdef/ See the difference from regular DVD quality to HD in the original Star Wars trilogy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-SSu3tJ3ns Video demonstration of a nearly magical algorithm that can crop the image by looking at the image's contents. You'll have to see it to believe it.

http://www.reportages-pictures.com/PARIS/Aurouze%20family%20rat%20killers%20in%20paris%20since%201875/index.htm Pictures from a French rat killing business.

http://www.socwall.com/ Vote up and down on all kinds of desktop wallpapers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twQlpFrm5iM Bearforce1's debut single.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.html?ex=1344571200&en=5486b683e4ea62d4&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss A fascinating article about the design of a new typeface for interstate highway signs. This is a must read.

http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/2007/08/makin-bacon/ Instructions on smoking and cooking homemade bacon.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1770138 Minesweeper, the movie.