Friday stuff

Tax Revolts from Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Japanese handwritten post-earthquake newspapers.  Related, Ancient stone markers warned of tsunamis.

Lego Brooklyn.

What determined the playing length of an audio CD?

10 Origin Stories of Common Household Products.

New Orleans wildlife update.

A wooden ball plays a Bach cantata in a forest by rolling down a track.

30 years of mobile computing.

Top 10 Civilizations That Mysteriously Disappeared.

The Architecture of Opium Production - lithographs from 1882 Scientific American.

Rocket launcher made of bacon.

Nazi killer sausages.

Genetically modified cows produce 'human' milk.

Breakfast Beer.  Also, Beer brings horse back from the dead.

Can Alcohol Help the Brain Remember?

Caffeine-infused underwear.

Indonesian clinic touts smoking as cancer cure.

8 once-amazing sci-fi devices now inferior to real-life gadgets.

Iceland's Phallological Museum finally gets human specimen.

Secrets of the First Spaceflight.

Forbe’s List of the 15 Richest Fictional Characters.