Friday links

September 2 is V-J Day, the anniversary of the date of Japan's surrender in 1945 and the end of WWII.

Estimated Insect Deaths Due to Collisions with Motor Vehicles

Cancer Treatment in the 19th Century.

Apocalypse update: Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg recreate that sexy pottery-making scene from the movie Ghost.

Here's How To Actually Cook Food Over Lava.

The World of Competitive Rock Paper Scissors.

ICYMI, Tuesday's links are here, and include Skynet self-awareness day, when margarine was contraband, everything you wanted to know about eyebrow interpretation from the 16th century, and how and when humans first discovered fire.

Apocalypse update: Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg recreate that sexy ‘Ghost’ scene

Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!

Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...

The dead rising from the grave!

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

~Ghostbusters

So, apparently Martha Stewart and rapper Snoop Dogg co-host a food show. Who knew? To promote the show’s second season, they've recreated the sexy pottery-making scene from the film Ghost. Original scene below.

And here's the original:

Tuesday links

August 29th, 2:14 AM: Skynet Becomes Self-aware.

When Margarine Was Contraband. Related: Operation Margarine: Tracing the wartime rise of ersatz butter.

How Depression-Era Women Made Dresses Out of Chicken Feed.

Physiognomy of eyebrows: everything you wanted to know about eyebrow interpretation from the 16th century.

How and when did humans first discover fire?

Accidental Discoveries that Revolutionized Medicine.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include the invention of air conditioning, why fly eyes, honeycombs, and soap bubbles are hexagons, some extremely cool wind-propelled sculptures, and a set of creepy and beautiful Scooby Doo background paintings.