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Japanese parents probably were never warped by "milk carton kids" -- throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the U.S., we'd see missing kids plastered on the sides of our milk cartons. I…

Two disparate observations: 1. US GDP per capita is still almost 8x that of China: $53,042 US vs. $6,807 China ( http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD ). While there a…

In 2007 The Believer ran what I think is the definitive account of the Codex Seraphinianus: http://www.believermag.com/issues/200705/?read=article_taylo... The Codex was likely ins…

The "UK reporter" is Glenn Greenwald, an American: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Greenwald

The documentary "A State of Mind" is terrifically disturbing ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_State_of_Mind ). Follow two participants in North Korea's Mass Games as they prepare t…

The Packers recently sold new shares for $250 each, so by buying one share you could claim to be a co-owner. See: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7633420/green-bay-packers-...

There are actually laws prohibiting non-banks from using the word "bank" in their name. A lot of bank holding companies (which are not, technically, banks) got around this by repla…