The title kind of says it all, but if you've ever thought that Thomas Edison invented _anything_, have a read.

Fascinating facts about Vikings

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These are “official” Hallmark 3 x 5’s. The story goes that the founder of Hallmark, J.C. Hall, asked the pressman to trim down the waste bits of paper into 3 x 5’s for him to write notes. He was seldom ever seen without a handful in his pocket and soon others were asking if they might have a stack.

"In 1930, Iowa artist Grant Wood painted American Gothic. The models he used for the painting were his sister Nan Wood Graham and his dentist, Byron McKeeby. Here they are next to the painting."

In 1825, the year before his death, Thomas Jefferson — the 3rd U.S. President and a Founding Father of the United States of America — was asked by a father to supply some words of wisdom to his young son, Thomas Jefferson Smith, who had recently been named after him. Jefferson graciously responded with a handwritten letter, at the end of which was the following 10-point list of advice for the youngster, titled, "A Decalogue of Canons for observation in practical life."

Each and every word still rings true.

Making good on a promise to a friend to summarize his views on Christianity, Thomas Jefferson set to work with scissors, snipping out every miracle and inconsistency he could find in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Then, relying on a cut-and-paste technique, he reassembled the excerpts into what he believed was a more coherent narrative and pasted them onto blank paper -- alongside translations in French, Greek and Latin...

Thank you, @longstride for speaking on the issue of occupation and civil-disobedience:

History, etymology, new economy, and doing the work, all in one paragraph! <swoon>: Job vs. Work

After seeing the Macintosh and then reading this issue of Macworld, I had an important realization in my young life: people made this.

The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.

Yet another of the countless reasons I love this site. — Building Something New In Baghdad | Wonders & Marvels:

Amazing story. – RT @irishgirl: Paris apartment unlocked after 70 years, a time capsule from 1940.

LBJ ordering pants is every kind of awesome: