Friday links

March 22nd is William Shatner's birthday: here he is in 1978 'singing' Rocket Man, plus a Star Trek/Monty Python mashup. Related: a 1968 memo to Gene Roddenberry re Shatner's disappearing wigs from Star Trek set.

Scientists Played Music to Cheese as It Aged. Hip-Hop Produced the Funkiest Flavor.

A meteor exploded over Earth with 10 times the energy of Hiroshima's atomic bomb. Nobody saw or was even aware of the fireball that exploded above the Bering Sea on December 18, 2018 -- until now.

Man accidentally shoots himself after throwing gun at cockroach to kill it.

Where Did the Phrase 'Red Herring' Come From?

ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and include making ice cream 2,000 years ago, how sound effects are made in movies (and in old-time radio), when women started wearing makeup, and the test NASA gave potential astronauts in 1958.

Monday links

Australian Sex Survey asks about your gender - here are explanations of the 33 possibilities.

The Public Shaming of England’s First Umbrella User.

The Physics Of Stopping A Meteor With One Punch.

Here's How You Can Lick Doberman's Leg Sores (and other journalism bloopers).

The mystery of why you can't remember being a baby.

On The Dark Web, Medical Records Are A Hot Commodity.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include cockroach milk as the superfood of the future, Milton Friedman's birthday, a test from 1912 for eighth graders in Kentucky, and an answer to the age-old question, "What Is American Cheese, Anyway?".

Check out these dashcam videos of a meteor exploding in the sky in Thailand

A mystery fireball caught on camera over Thailand is believed to have been a meteor burning up, according to experts.

Spectacular footage from several dashcams captured the sky lighting up over the country’s capital of Bangkok.

The object is seen burning brightly as it speeds through the clear blue sky, and scientists now say it was likely an asteroid burning up as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere.

h/t Neatorama