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After much ado about nothing, Gil's link of the day is back. Making up for the absence is 12 links.
http://www.smokintire.com/product.htm#Candles Candles that smell like burning rubber. For the NASCAR fan in all of us
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html Pictures of the Sun in different spectra
http://fourmilab.ch/earthview/satellite.html See the earth from various Earth-orbiting satellites
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005400426,00.html the best gags from the Fringe Festival of Comedy in Edinburgh
http://ned.ucam.org/~sdh31/internet/owe.html This website serves as a calculator for the value of your stolen music
http://www.nothingisreal.com/girlfriend/ There are, statistically, 18 726 women out there that would date you

http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/ A whole bunch of games for the brain
http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine/ How much caffeine would it take to kill you?
http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/megayachts/0805top100/index1.html Top 100 biggest yachts in the world
http://www.troyis.com/troyis.php A chess like game that uses the movement of a knight to reach certain points

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http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/matter.html Scientists at MIT have recently created a new form of matter

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http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/050630_deep_impact_CDs.html The Deep Impact Probe was inscribed with over 600,000 (.1% of earth's population) names before it collided with the comet. Was yours on it?

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http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp How much of an impact do you have on the earth? America's average is 24 acres/person

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http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0506/feature6/multimedia.html A team of storm chasers deployed a 7 camera probe to see what the inside of a tornado looks like

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http://www.conceptlab.com/frog/ In 1783, Luigi Galvani discovered the role of electricity in the nervous system. In 2005, these guys expanded on it

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http://www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren.xml?language=en How to fake fingerprints. WARNING- clicking this link will notify the DHS!

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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7065794/ Living longer, in ten easy steps

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4543077.stm A new species of rodent has been discovered

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http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Stories/011.2/index.html Sodium is an alkaline metal that reacts violently with water. Sounds like a challenge

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http://www.psychology.sbc.edu/bellan.htm A psychological analysis of beloved Sesame Street characters. Take that, childhood!
http://www.archive.org/movies/movieslisting-browse.php?collection=prelinger an archive of movies

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Looks like I forgot to send yesterday's links, so today you get double the fun!
http://www.quicksilverweb.net/sbucks/sbcharts.htm an explanation for all the terms Starbucks uses.
http://www.kropserkel.com/horse_head_pillow.htm Just an anecdote: My theology teacher was ordained by a guy whose story was part of Godfather 3
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/ A collection of high school physics essays

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http://web.archive.org/web/20041111092623/www.nik.com.au/alice/ Two A.L.I.C.E. artificial intelligences square off, and prove human superiority over machines
http://vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php a website that simulates what color blindness does to websites

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http://www.shreddies.org/gmaps/ All the crazy things you can see on Google maps
http://davidszondy.com/future/futurepast.htm How Science Fiction from the 30's and 40's saw today

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