Japanese Samurai Sword
Apparently Ebay has blocked Mac Safari users from accessing the listing for this WWII Japanese Samurai Sword.
Full story here.
Wierd
Know more than you should
I agree with Scott on number 1: Milk Truck is my favorite of the new Discovery Channel adds. I rate the other three about the same and almost as good.
They are all fun to watch (Flash 6 required) so go do it and cast your vote.
There’s More to Know
PZ Myers notes that the latest edition of The Tangled Bank is hosted at Invasive Species.
Go learn a bit about 17 year circadas, iron fertilization, growth cones, Formentera lizards, and other neat science stuff.
You wanted to know…
…about the history of wire coat hangers, right?
Well, here is a short history and more importantly here are some suggestions for reusing them. The reuse article includes some illustrations including this one:
The authors are soliciting more pictorial suggestions so put those digital cameras to work.
Via Reflections in D Minor.
Alarming the Not Dead
This would not work all that well in an urn but, in addition to its normal application, might be a hot seller in regions populated by vampires and might even work better then this for zombies:
A cemetery in Santiago, Chile is offering its clients coffins with a sensor that detects any movement inside them after they have been buried.
Via Circadian Shift who picked it up from Business Pundit.