4 men and 2 women sentenced to death for dancing at Pakistan wedding

“staining the honour” of their families.

Woman faints at Passport Office after telepathic sex attack by elderly man

Don't you hate it when this happens?

Reason to homeschool #n (where n is some large number)

Graduates receive diplomas with 'education' spelled wrong

Read more here: http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/#storylink=cpy

Rub some bacon on it

Excellent video.

When Did Free Speech Become Illegal

Selective punishments for thoughtcrime in the UK.

Friday links

Assisted rhinoceros reproduction.

When Rivers Collide: 10 Incredible Confluences Around the World.

Video - the cat/buttered toast experiment.

Precariously Leaning Towers of the World- The other ones, not the one in Pisa.

There is an old person smell, scientists say.

Does Hemingway's advice "write drunk, edit sober" work?

History of Human-Powered Cranes.

When does the power to license occupations trump free speech?

Comments and links from Mark Perry at Carpe Diem.

Wednesday links

Skinless My Little Pony made from bacon.

Test your reading speed.

Top Ten Botched Escapes from Gilligan’s Island.

Mount St. Helens: the species that moved in and took over.

In 1913, newspapers predicted we’d be eating giant radioactive frog steaks.

What if Leonardo da Vinci designed the Large Hadron Collider?

Tapeworms Living Inside People's Brains.

Spanish doctor ordered to pay for upkeep of child after failed abortion

"When the day comes for me to explain to my son what happened I will tell him hoping he understands."

Salt made from Tears

Choose from: tears of sorrow, anger, laughter, tears shed while sneezing or tears shed while chopping onions.

New trailer for ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’

Excellent.

Milton Friedman's pre-inaug advice to Reagan

"Advice for a New President" from Friedman, Jack Kemp and former Treasury Secretary William Simon.

Related article here.

50 years later, underground coal fire in PA still burns

Fifty years ago, a fire at the town dump ignited an exposed coal seam, setting off a chain of events that eventually led to the demolition of nearly every building in Centralia — a whole community of 1,400 simply gone.