At Tested , exploring the origins of a keyboard symbol familiar to Apple computer users. Turns out it traces back to Borgholm castle in Sweden. In Sweden, the shape of the castle became a symbol used in street signs to indicate a point of interest or attraction. [via Buffer ] Read the rest
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Where does the Apple ‘command’ icon come from? Would you believe… a Swedish castle?
“Oh look a king, let’s break out the thermocycler,” writes osteoarchaeologist Alison Atkin in a piece on the not exactly essential DNA analysis of the remains of Richard III.
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Why should you care about a dead king’s DNA?
How scientists figured out that a set of 260 million-year-old footprints were probably made by an arachnid and why those footprints are still shrouded in mystery.
A hotel restaurant in Onitsha, Nigeria was reportedly shuttered after authorities confirmed it was selling dishes containing human meat. According to the Naija Zip , self-described as an er, “gossip news” site, police discovered two human heads on the premises along with weapons and ammunition. “I went to the hotel early this year, after eating, I was told that a lump of meat was being sold at N700, I was surprised,” a pastor who tipped off the cops was quoted as saying. “So I did not know it was human meat that I ate at such expensive price.”
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Nigerian restaurant busted for cannibal cuisine
At the Myrmecos blog, Alex Wild explains why all the baby ants are saying “YOPO” . (You Only Poop Once)
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And now, a post about ant poop
A man purchased a first-class ticket on China Eastern Airlines and enjoyed over 300 days of free meals and drinks at the airport’s VIP lounge at Xi’an Airport in Shaanxi, China. He kept changing the itinerary, which allowed him to feast without paying for nearly a year. When the airlines started to look into the matter, he cancelled his ticket and got a refund.
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Man uses first-class airline ticket to get free meals for almost a year
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion opens with the Ainulindalë , the story of how the universe of Middle Earth came into existence. Artist Evan Palmer has painted his own adaptation of tale, imagining the radiant forms of Tolkien’s universe taking shape. Read more…
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Luminous watercolor comic brings Middle Earth’s creation story to life
The Expanded Universe as we knew it will soon be no more. Disney has created a special committee whose job it will be to figure out what is and isn’t part of a complete Star Wars canon — meaning all the EU material created over the years will be judged, and either become official or deemed invalid. Read more…
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Disney appoints a group to determine a new, official Star Wars canon
Choire Sicha reports on Mediaite managing editor Jon Nicosia, who turns out to be a con artist, Zachary Hildreth, with form. The “confession” . The fallout . On the internet, no-one know you’re a dog. But if they never see you because of “black ops”, well, you’d think some suspicion would kick in… [The Awl, Mediaite, Gawker]
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Top blogger scammed many
Starfish have eyes — not just light-sensitive “eye spots”, but real, honest-to-Poseidon eyes, one at the end of each of their arms. They probably see the world differently than we do (for instance, they’re likely colorblind and can’t see at near the level of detail), but they can see. And they know about that time you poked them with a stick.
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The eyes of the starfish