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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/national/06island.html?_r=0 America's dangerous floating islands.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2118455,00.html?hpt=hp_t2 Scientists have found why store-bought tomatoes don't have as much flavor. Here's a bonus article on the tomato industry in Florida.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/sealand-and-havenco.ars/ The rise and fall of Sealand.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/03/ruby_ruby_on_rails_and__why_the_disappearance_of_one_of_the_world_s_most_beloved_computer_programmers_.single.html A comprehensive history of Why the Lucky Stiff, the king of Internet hipsters.

http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04102006-103749/unrestricted/fullthesis-1.pdf A thesis on My Bloody Valentine's Loveless.

http://crookedtimber.org/2012/02/16/so-what-would-your-plan-for-greece-be/ Solve the Greek sovereign debt crisis in a choose your own adventure style!

http://www.gladwell.com/2010/2010_02_15_a_drinking.html Intoxicated behavior is largely influenced by culture.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16611371 Does the captain have to be the last one off the ship by law?

http://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks @horse_ebooks is a Twitter account which posts random, out of context lines from ebooks about horses. This is a collection of some of the best posts, these are comics made from its tweets and this blog has short stories made from @horse_ebooks quotes.

http://www.ediblegeography.com/spaces-of-banana-control/ I'll bet you had no idea you could use ripening bananas to heat your house.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/crashes/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877 This article goes over the last minutes of flight of Air France 447.

http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/harold-camping-2011-10/ How did Harold Camping handle the day after the end of the world?

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201111/movie-set-that-ate-itself-dau-ilya-khrzhanovsky?printable=true&currentPage=all An investigation into a very strange movie set. I thought it was fiction but it's real.

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/ediblethinginajar All kinds of creepy-looking food!

http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2011/01/17/managing_nerds.html This is an excellent definition of nerds and the way they operate.