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Here are some nice flash animations about how digestion works for certain foods.

How many countries can you name in 10 minutes? I was able to get 86. Post your results in the comments.

Google has created an interesting mashup using Google Books and Google Maps: Google searches through the text of books in the Google Books database and displays the locations mentioned on Google Maps. Take for instance the Google Books entry on Tolstoy’s War and Peace (scroll to the bottom of the page to see the map) or The Travels of Marco Polo.

The Interrobang: when you just have to express surprised queries or excited questions with one punctuation mark.

Ryan Ferguson performs a dramatic reenactment of Hebrews 9 & 10 (via ManSpeak)

According to the Russian Gizmodo page, Hewlett-Packard Black printer ink #45 costs nearly twice as much as human blood and significantly more than penicillin, vodka, Red Bull, and crude oil.

Interesting tidbit: Apparently, the game Mafia was invented at Moscow State University’s psych department in 1986.

Here’s an interesting page with the subway systems of the world, presented on the same scale. They admit that the Moscow diagram isn’t quite to the proper scale and the spokes don’t extend far enough out. While we’re on that topic, check out this article on Underground Typography and this collection of metro logos from around the world.