The Ultimate Insult

Forget the Wikipedia, you can browse the Monstropedia.

The legend of Spring Heeled Jack is a bizarre one. More ghosts, spirits, whatever can be found on the main page.

The story of Billy Tipton (Dorothy Lucille Tipton) is an interesting read.

I did not know that yesterday! Visit this blog for your trivia fact o’ the day.

Are you Smart or Stoopid? I’m stoopid.

The Truth About Jonestown? According to this site it was part of MK-ULTRA. Hm. Not a safe read for everyone, it’s a bit graphic at times and the images may bother you.

See photos of every ad in Times Square (more or less) from this past weekend.

Browse through (mostly) Interesting Facts.

The “CSI Effect”, “how TV crime dramas are messing with reality”.

Skooldays may be a retro site that’s a little hard to navigate but they have a page on the Little Professor Calculator that I owned as a kid so I give thim the thumbs up.

The History of the Guillotine, a timeline.

If you’re looking to kill some time then head over to the Age Project and guess how old people are.

MyCrimeSpace shows MySpace pages for people that are in the news for criminal acts.

This collection of declassified Mk-Ultra Project documents has some really interesting pages, just be prepared to squint at some of them.

My new favorite read (which means like all others it will shut down within a week of me posting the link) is Futility Closet. Interesting, short daily reads on a variety of odd subjects.

OddPeak has lots of good top 10 lists. The latest, “Odd People”, was a good one.

Heather Smith gives her list of the best book covers of 2006 via Bookslut.

I’m happy that the Japanese Wii Manual has reminded me of several safety concerns. No sticking clovers in the vent or eating the twist ties! (for the safety pictures only you can also visit here.)

Read about 34 random facts. Good ones though, some are actually interesting.

NPR takes a look at how Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack for “A Charlie Brown Christmas” almost had the show cancelled.