Friday links

For Father's Day, parenting advice from Homer Simpson: “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.” And here's a video supercut of the classic Star Wars line, "I am your father", in 20 languages.

Father's Day lessons from Walter White, Don Draper and Tywin Lannister.

No Sex Jokes Please, French Government Advises Travelers to U.S.

Whatever is dreamed on this night, will come to pass; the summer solstice is on Sunday, June 21. Here's the view from Stonehenge.

20 heroic librarians who save the world.

Gorgeous Victorian fairy tale art.

ICYMI, Thursday's links are here, and include the cost of building a Jurassic Park, Disney Princess softball team, the 200th anniversary of Waterloo (with a Lego re-enactment of the battle), and a gallery of lesser-known monsters.

Thursday links

How Much Would It Cost To Build Jurassic Park? Related: This is how big dinosaurs actually were in real life compared to humans.

These photos of a Disney Princess–inspired girls’ softball team will make your day.

Today is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo: history, links, and video (including a documentary and a Lego re-enactment).

The Ravenna, the Manticora and more: 11 Somewhat Lesser-Known Monsters.

Soviet list developed for “the purpose of intensifying control over the activities of discoteques.” accuses 38 rock bands with crimes.

ICYMI, Tuesday's links are here, and include dogs shaved into cubes, deep-fried Slim Fast bars, a 1952 guide to spaghetti-eating etiquette, and what it's like to be declared dead by the government.

How Much Would It Cost To Build Jurassic Park?

If you're a Jurassic Park fan and always wanted to build your own, you're gonna need a LOT of money:

Bonus: Lego Jurassic Park:

A "making of" video of the Lego version is here, and here's Jurassic Park But With Cats.

Video - Which Is Nerdier: Star Wars Or Star Trek?

May the force help you live long and prosper.

via College Humor.

Tuesday links

Dog cubes: dogs shaved into cubes.

Deep fried Slim Fast bars.

London Underground by drone: time-lapse footage captured on foot and via a drone flying through 26 miles of underground railway tunnels beneath London.

Ulysses fan, or just a fan of hanging out in an Irish pub? Today is Bloomsday - favorite quote from Joyce's obscenity trial:

“[i]n respect of the recurrent emergence of the theme of sex in the minds of [Joyce's] characters, it must always be remembered that his locale was Celtic and his season Spring.”

What It’s Like to Be Declared Dead by the Government.

A 1942 Guide to Spaghetti-Eating Etiquette.

ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and include what determines “party cloudy” vs. “mostly sunny”? (and related weather terms explained), a supercut of the late Sir Christopher Lee's death scenes, 1970s' Men’s fashion ads, the fake neighborhood that covered a WWII B-17 plant, and lots of Magna Carta stuff.

Dog cubes: dogs shaved into cubes.

Shaving Dogs Into Cubes Is (apparently) A New Japanese Craze.

Monday links

800 years ago today, Magna Carta was signed: history, quotes, Monty Python's explanation and the Horrible Histories song version. Related: The Field Where Liberty Was Sown, on re-learning that lesson.

The science behind why the return-trip always feels shorter than the trip there.

What Determines “Party Cloudy” vs. “Mostly Sunny”? (And Other Weather Terms Explained).

Sir Christopher Lee (aka Saruman  and Dracula, among many others) died last week: here’s a supercut of his death scenes.

1970s Men’s Fashion Ads You Won’t Be Able To Unsee. This is an open list, so you can add your own.

Synthetic Street USA was a fake, part of the camouflage that covered the B17 Bomber factory in Seattle during WWII.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include the surprisingly interesting history of air conditioning, some killer animal-plant mash-ups, 18 awesome things invented by mistake, my favorite Father's Day story, and some extremely muscular dogs.