Friday links

Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend, at 2:00 AM Sunday March 10: some DST history (including Ben Franklin's proposal), stories and video. 

A Skeleton City: Washington DC in the 1820s.

The Unusual Occupation of the Leech Collectors or Leech Gatherers.

March 10th is Chuck Norris' 79th (!!!) birthday: his 5 most badass movies and a bunch of Norris "facts" plus a supercut of Norris's best kicks. Related: UK scientists recreated Neanderthal man, who looks just like Chuck Norris.

The British Library Digitizes Its Collection of Obscene Books (1658-1940).

The Hidden History of the Nutmeg Island That Was Traded for Manhattan.

ICYMI, Tuesday's links are here, and include the anniversary of Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, fast food French fry rankings, a new posthumous Dr. Seuss book, and a study on shared personalities of dogs and their humans.

March 10th is Chuck Norris' birthday: 5 most badass movies and a bunch of Norris "facts"

I'm not going to try to recount Chuck Norris' entire biography here - go to Wikipedia for that. A couple of excerpts:

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist, and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do, which is based primarily on Tang Soo Do and includes elements from every combat style he knows. Like many other martial arts, Chun Kuk Do includes a code of honor and rules to live by. These rules are from Chuck Norris's personal code. They are:

1. I will develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways.
2. I will forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements.
3. I will continually work at developing love, happiness and loyalty in my family.
4. I will look for the good in all people and make them feel worthwhile.
5. If I have nothing good to say about a person, I will say nothing.
6. I will always be as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
7. I will maintain an attitude of open-mindedness.
8. I will maintain respect for those in authority and demonstrate this respect at all times.
9. I will always remain loyal to my God, my country, family and my friends.
10. I will remain highly goal-oriented throughout my life because that positive attitude helps my family, my country and myself

Here's his website: ChuckNorris.com. So, the movies:

Way of the Dragon (1972)

The Octagon (1980)

Silent Rage (1982)

Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

Missing in Action (1984)

Have a different favorite?  Link to it in the comments.

Some Chuck Norris-isms:

Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Ever.

Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

Chuck Norris doesn’t call the wrong number, you answer the wrong phone.

Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his dad did.

When Chuck Norris crosses the street the cars have to look both ways.

Death once had a near-Chuck Norris experience.

Once a cobra bit Chuck Norris’ leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.

Chuck Norris sleeps with a pillow under his gun.

Chuck Norris ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got one.

Chuck Norris can strangle you with a cordless phone.

Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.

Chuck Norris has counted to infinity. Twice.

Crop circles are Chuck Norris' way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie the f*** down.

The Great Wall of China was originally created to keep Chuck Norris out. It failed miserably.

The quickest way to a man's heart is with Chuck Norris' fist.

Neanderthal Chuck Norris

Previous post: UK scientists recreated Neanderthal man, who looks just like Chuck Norris.

More Norris-isms here and here.

More information at his website, Biography.com, Wikipedia and IMDB

Friday links

March 10th is Chuck Norris' 78th birthday: his 5 most badass movies and a bunch of Norris "facts" plus a supercut of Norris's best kicks. Related: UK scientists recreated Neanderthal man, who looks just like Chuck Norris.

Check out this Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle.

How Knot Analysis Can Reveal the Perpetrator of a Crime.

Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend: here's some DST history (including Ben Franklin's proposal), stories and video. Related: How daylight saving time works and why these states want to ditch it.

The Unlikely Friendship Between Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin.

The golden age of false rumps.

ICYMI, Tuesday's links are here, and include a map of how butterflies are related to each other, a roundup of funny colonoscopy videos, when you grow up never realizing you're on the run from the Mob, and, for Michelangelo's birthday, his illustrated grocery list.

Monday links

See the Violent Italian Sport that Inspired Modern Football.

It's free-market economist Milton Friedman's birthday: some favorite quotes and short videos. 

$130 million of Nazi gold may be in a sunken cargo ship.

10 facial reconstructions, using scans of skeletal remains, of famous historical figures. Richard III looks kind of like Jim Carrey, although not as much as this reconstruction of a Neanderthal looks like Chuck Norris.

The Science of Sword-Swallowing.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include the invention of the Chilean Sea Bass, medieval fashion trends, examples of bad taxidermy, the proper names of 17 bodily functions, and, for Beatrix Potter's birthday, some of her gorgeous botanical drawings.

Friday links

Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend: here's some DST history (including Ben Franklin's proposal), stories and video.

It's Chuck Norris' 77th birthday: 5 most badass movies and a bunch of Norris "facts".

How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain.

How To Become a Cat: The Complete Guide.

Making Prescription Eyeglasses From Scratch.

The Curse of the Bahia Emerald, a Giant Green Rock That Ruins Lives.

How to Clear a Path Through 60 Feet of Snow, Japanese Style.

ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and include training bomb-sniffing dogs, predatory plants, and Michelangelo's birthday (and his illustrated grocery list).

UK scientists recreated Neanderthal man, who looks just like Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris or a Neanderthal? Or all of the above?

A team of scientists has created what it believes is the first really accurate reconstruction of Neanderthal man, from a skeleton that was discovered in France over a century ago.

In 1909, excavations at La Ferrassie cave in the Dordogne unearthed the remains of a group of Neanderthals. One of the skeletons in that group was that of an adult male, given the name La Ferrassie 1.

These remains have helped scientists create a detailed reconstruction of our closest prehistoric relative for a new BBC series, Prehistoric Autopsy.

Related: It's Chuck Norris' birthday: 5 most badass movies and a bunch of Norris "facts"

Supercut of Chuck Norris's best kicks

Here's Chuck Norris (wiki) kicking everything:



Related:

It's Chuck Norris's birthday: 5 most badass movies and a bunch of Norris "facts".

UK scientists recreated Neanderthal man, who looks just like Chuck Norris.

Tuesday links

Chuck Norris turns 75 today: Here are his 5 most badass movies, a bunch of Norris "facts", and the Neanderthal reconstruction that looks just like him.

20 micrographs, MRI scans and illustrations: winners of this year's Wellcome Image Awards. Also, 20 Finalists of the Smithsonian Photo Contest.

Interesting study: The Women Who Stare at Babies. Related: Why do people want to eat babies? and "Cute aggression": Why Do We Want To Squeeze Cute Things?

The secret life of a public library security guard.

Daylight Saving Time: Ben Franklin, video, rants, cartoons, and the guy who got two DUIs at the same time, an hour apart.

Child of the 80's? Here's a set of Pop Rocks recipes (and yes, you can still get them).

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include 3D optical illusion body painting, New York's abandoned leper colony, and a roundup of interesting and kid-friendly snow-related science, math and art.

Supercut: We don’t negotiate with terrorists (NSFW language)

I always enjoy these supercuts, largely because they remind me of movies that I want to re-watch. In this case, the one that jumped out was Chuck Norris in Delta Force - the last clip here, at  the 2:50 mark. Full movie list (and links to more supercuts) below the video.

Movies included: 

Air Force One
Superbad
Winning London
The Dark Knight Rises
Endgame
Tropic Thunder
Collateral Damage
Land Of The Blind
World Is Not Enough
Austin Power: International Man Of Mystery
Buried
The Simpsons (“Sideshow Bob’s Last Gleaming”)
Winning London
Get Smart
The Delta Force

Previous posts:

Supercut: Hit by a Bus.

A Supercut of Epic Movie Explosions.

Supercut of the Phrase ‘We’re Not so Different, You and I’ in Movies.

Supercuts of Cheesy Computer Hacking Scenes in '80s and '90s Movies.

Supercut: Fake Ads in Movies

Supercuts of Memorable Dance Scenes in Movies

Supercut: Best/Most Memorable Catchphrases in TV History, Parts 1 and 2

All previous Supercut posts