Why Pirates are Better than Ninjas

A mixed bag of links.

Romanian harmed in Red Bull flying contest

Pair of aluminum atomic clocks reveal Einstein's relativity at a personal scale

Six scientists tell us about the most accurate science fiction in their fields

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Gallery of Celebrity Duckfaces

Man, That’s Not Even a Good Song

Mapping the Segregation of U.S. Cities

B3ta's Question of the Week - Drugs

Mapping Stereotypes by alphadesigner

Tibetan Nomads Struggle as Grasslands Disappear from the Roof of the World

The World's Creepiest Places

Carnivorous Plants: Hungry & Gorgeous

Trashy film cleans up in Cairo

Celebrity Mugshots

Best Celebrity Quotes about Money

Businessman furious at banks' refusal to lend bricks up Barclays branch in protest

Lindsay Lohan caught on camera 'injecting heroin'

Council outlaws mother-in-law jokes

Tattooed woman 'told to put bag over head by Jobcentre'

Why Pirates are Better than Ninjas: A Definitive List (via)

This is why I don't clap along

Why I Hate Cobwebs

How beaches looked 100 years ago