Villain hitting

A new career option.

Doesn't this whole Wikipedia article sound like something a kid would make up?

Herbivore men

A bizarre collection of traits: these men are frugal, interested in personal grooming, fond of cosmetics and candy, and indifferent to sex.

Anti-vaccination

The origins of the anti-vaccination movement explained by comic artist Daryl Cunningham.

Learned Hand sings

This is awesome, if you're a law geek.

Sensory deprivation tank

Intriguing.

I wonder whether a fear of water would make a difference?

Choose Your Choose Your Own Adventure

This list ranks all 185 Choose Your Own Adventure books from most to least awesome-sounding.  I have to agree that "Ninja Cyborg" sounds infinitely more tempting than "Statue of Liberty Adventure."

And I think I have #1 on the list: "Prisoner of the Ant People."  Thanks CM!

Does Bangladesh have a Jerry Springer Show?

"Among the Mandi, a remote hill tribe in Bangladesh and India, widows who wish to remarry must choose a man from the same clan as their dead husband. The only single males, however, are often much younger. So the custom evolved that a widow would offer one of her daughters as a second bride to take over her duties — including sex — when the daughter came of age."

This article is interesting and creepy in equal measure.

American Regional Accents, Mapified

These accent maps are pretty fun.  My accent is apparently all over the place, which I guess makes sense since I spent so many years in schools with people from all over the U.S.

I remember having an argument with someone from Long Island about the differences between merry, marry, and Mary.  I assumed then that he was right and I was wrong.  BUT I WAS RIGHT FOR MY REGION.  We had a similar argument about whether "Aaron" and "Erin" are pronounced the same way.  Thanks to these maps, I'm now going to assume that I am regionally justified in pronouncing them the same.

What to read next

WhatShouldIReadNext.com is a very simple recommendation engine, and the books it recommends look pretty good.

Forcemeat

Take half a pound of veal, and half a pound of suet cut fine, and beat in a marble mortar or wooden bowl; add a few sweet herbs shredded fine, a little mace pounded fine, a small nutmeg grated, a little lemon peel, some pepper and salt, and the yolks of two eggs; mix them well together and make them into balls and long pieces -- then roll them in flour, and fry them brown.

But no explanation of why this is called "forcemeat."