The 1945 assault on Iwo Jima started Feb 19 and the famous flag raising was on Feb 23: some quotes, history, and a brief documentary.
Half the DNA on the NYC Subway Matches No Known Organism.
Supercut: Cursing Without Cursing.
Guy Spends A Year Gluing Together 42,000 Matches To Make A Giant Sphere, Sets It On Fire.
The romantic benefits of snail slime.
ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include how bird feeders are changing bird evolution, a strange tale of triplets separated at birth, why we yell Geronimo when we jump out of planes, extreme breath-holding, and advice from 1761 on surviving cold and flu season.