Monday links

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” 

~ Frédéric Bastiat (wiki)

Tax day quotes, cartoons, links, Dave Barry, and the 1967 cartoon version of The Beatles "Taxman".

A Brief History of the Beer Can.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 - quotes, a brief synopsis of events, and a televised eyewitness report from 1956. Also, For Sale: The Telegram That Announced Abraham Lincoln’s Death.

News you can use: How to Dismantle a Nuclear Missile.

For Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, check out his handwritten resume from 1482. 

The Titanic sunk on April 14, 1912 - here's an eyewitness account. Related: Titanic Food Menus For 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class Passengers.

ICYMI, most recent links are here, and include the science of dog farts, the Florida town where people cut off their appendages for insurance money, photos of Italy in the mid-1800s, and that Time the US military made flying saucers.

Friday links

Tax day quotes, songs, links and advice, filing an extension, Dave Barry, and the 1967 cartoon version of The Beatles "Taxman".

Tax Revolts from Science Fiction and Fantasy.

A Short History of Congress’s Power to Tax and eleven shelters, dodges, and rolls - all perfectly legal - used by America's wealthiest people.

It's Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday - here's his handwritten resume from 1482.

Terrible Beauty Ingredients Throughout History.

What's Inside a Yo-Yo That Keeps It Spinning?

ICYMI, Thursday's links are here, and include the Kansas farm that's the default location for 600 million IP addresses, science behind why you shouldn’t pop your pimples, lots of information about Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 13, 1865, and an eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic.

Wednesday links

Tax day quotes, songs, links and advice, filing an extension, and the 1967 cartoon version of the Beatles' Taxman. Related: Death and Taxes... and Zombies: Tax implications of the zombie apocalypse.

The Titanic sunk on this day in 1912 - here's an eyewitness account.

A Short History of Congress’s Power to Tax.

It's Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday. Here's his handwritten resume from 1482.

A Photographic Exploration Of The Oldest Living Things In The World.

If I dug straight down, at a speed of 1 foot per second, what would kill me first?

ICYMI, Tuesday's links are here, and include the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination, romance novel covers re-enacted by real people, a KKK application from the 1920's (you had to be recommended by a friend first, though), and the status of woolly mammoth cloning efforts.