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UKTV: About UKTV: The world's ten oldest jokes "Modern puns, Essex girl jokes and toilet humour can all be traced back to the very earliest jokes identified in this research." (tags: silly history) TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect "[D]id any other random black people who like Barack Obama…
Fafblog! the whole world's only source for Fafblog. "Okay okay but who is Barack Obama, really, while I am playing scary music and flashing this terrifyingly desaturated image of Barack Obama in a turban across your television screen? "Oh my god I have no idea, who is this mysteriously radical…
Cocktail Party Physics: calculus is craptastic "Few science bloggers have the good fortune to write off a Vegas trip as "research", but that's exactly what it was: my next book for Penguin is all about my experiences as a former English major learning calculus, inspired by a series of blog posts…
Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Shock People | The Onion - America's Finest News Source A classic, having no relevance whatsoever to recent events. (tags: silly internet music) Setshot: Basketball for the Aging and Infirm: Women's basketball star returns to action--at 50! "…