Man dies of spontaneous human combustion.

In Ireland.

Friday links

Gallery of decrepit cars.

Things We Say Today And Owe To Shakespeare.

Fat bank aims to let patients store removed fat for future use.

Reconstruction of an antique Roman road map with internet technology.

The Purpose Of Bird-Egg Coloration.  Also, Evolution Explains: Why Dogs Eat Poop.

How Shakespearean are you?

In it you copy and paste some text into the tool, then "your words will be compared with all the words used by Shakespeare in his plays and our verdict will be delivered on its Shakespearean content."

Spengler's new book "How Civilizations Die"

Reviewed at Forbes.

For Goldman demography is almost destiny.  He argues that demographics shed light on the rise and fall of nations, tribes, and civilizations... This leads him to one of his “universal laws,” namely, that “The history of the world is the history of humankind’s search for immortality.”  A large part of the book is about the intricate ways in which this law interacts with demographic changes, and sheds light on national/tribal destinies from antiquity to our days.

"How Civilizations Die"at Amazon.

Ladies: Come to Thailand and get your breasts slapped

The procedures include slapping a women’s breasts to make them larger, as well as buttock- and face-slapping to firm things up.

Gordon Ramsay’s Badger-Eaten Porn Dwarf: Just a Myth?

Shucks.

How America planned for an attack on Britain in 1930

American military plan for an attack to wipe out a major part of the British Army.

Don’t Forget Obamacare

Start passing House bills to repeal individual provisions.

At the Weekly Standard.

Rainbow Poo sing-along

Rainbow Poo San is the result of eating one color candy at the time, creating rainbow layers in your belly!

Steyn @NRO: ‘Pass This Jobs Bill!’

There is no bill, it won’t “create” any jobs, and it will be paid for with money we don’t have.