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Wikipedia, I love you. Also, one inventor so killed was a Thomas Midgley, Jr., who managed to invent both leaded petrol and CFCs. (Although the effects … gulfstream/2642

Video of Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller demonstrating how Sullivan taught Keller to speak. gulfstream/2635

One the first use of anesthetic in an operating room, and the the moral and medical environment of the time: “Before 1846, the vast majority of religious … gulfstream/2623

Annotated transcript of Steve Jobs’ deposition to the SEC on the issue of stock options. “What comes through in the deposition is how Jobs sees himself … gulfstream/2610

Photos of Somalian pirates. The BBC claims that the captured pirates often aren’t punished, mostly because international law makes doing so difficult. gulfstream/2600

Why the state of the stock market is not necessarily indicative of the state of the economy as a whole. gulfstream/2592

The bottom of an article on the first Australian-designed car to achieve a five-star safety rating has an interesting crash timeline: 1ms “car’s door … gulfstream/2588

Movie trilogy ratings, by movie. Nice work. gulfstream/2586

“Good essay on the Amish, and what leads them (often) to reject newtechnology: new stuff is only accepted if and only if it strengthens their communities, … gulfstream/2585

On the directing work that goes on during the live broadcast of NFL games. “In the seconds between the return from the two-minute-warning commercial … gulfstream/2583

Nice step-by-step views of the components of the Internation Space Station in chronological order. gulfstream/2571

Interview with the “notorious lawyer” Jacques Vergès, defender of war criminals. “A doctor must provide help, but as an attorney, you are not obligated … gulfstream/2558

“If the read/write head [of a hard disk] were a Boeing 747, and the hard-disk platter were the surface of the Earth: The head would fly at Mach 800 At … gulfstream/2553