Links and Oddities
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to what you may find there, we aren't the creators of any of the Oddities
and usually don't know who is. You’re on your own if any of these sites, files,
or other items destroys your computer or offends you or drives you insane.
Enjoy!
Links...
Africam.com Daily African wildlife pics
Air Disaster Air crash info, voice recorder transcripts
Animals Asia Moon bear rescue etc. - see our Panyu page
Backyard Artillery Awesome toys/siege engines (check out their links)
Barry Sanders We're not Lions fans, but Barry is the best
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Deja vu all over again
Beer and Ice Cream Diet Physicists explain a great way to lose weight
Berkeley Breathed Opus and Bill the Cat, and lesser creations. Seems so long ago...
Black People Love Us Funny stuff (note: not for the irony-deficient)
Blue Ribbon Campaign Support free speech online
Choking on Sweets An explanation of that weird throat constriction feeling
Chain Letters Anonymous Help for the mailtards who actually forward those things
Customers Suck Reports of mind-blowing rudeness and stupidity; also see Acts of Gord - Gord can be a jerk but his customers are truly demented
Dance moves Some guy's dancing, and other amusements
Darwin Awards One of many Darwin Awards sites, with other amusing tales of stupidity, and a few good links
Detroit Red Wings Official Detroit Red Wings ice hockey site
Dr. Seuss official site Seussville.com
Dr. Seuss unofficial site Best part of this site is the list of Seussian links
Dubyaspeak Brutally comprehensive documentation of G.W. Bush's verbal fumbling
Evil on a Budget A how-to guide that's just one part of an odd personal web site
Exploding Coke Cans Be sure to follow the links at the bottom of this "experiment"
FARK Some guy's ongoing review of odd news and website offerings
Filmsite Some memorable (and often misremembered) lines from the movies
Fun Trivia Online games, and the least authoritative trivia archive ever
Gallery of Regrettable Food Incredible 1940's and 50's ads and cookbooks, with food like "Sack o' Sauce in a Can o' Meat"
Gamespotter Directory of game sites (shockwave/flash/java)
Goodbye Depression Here's a book you probably haven't seen before
Haka Good unofficial NZ All Blacks rugby site
Hat Song (?) Oddly hypnotic, one of the weirder things we've seen on the web
HubbleSite is all about the Hubble Space Telescope; the gallery is amazing
Human Skulls for Sale And not just normal skulls either! Now, that's a paperweight that'll keep coworkers out of your office forever.
The Hunger Site Donate food to the hungry
I Can Eat Glass Project How to say "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me" in about a zillion languages - a great site
Incredible Adventures Can you think of anything cooler than flying a MIG-29? Me neither.
IQ Test Online IQ test, claims (and seems) to be very accurate for such a quick test
Iraqi Info Minister Has some over-the-top propaganda gems from the absurd Minister
IronyCentral.com Some bits are funny, others dumb
I Rule One guy's abusive contribution to the web
Kronos Chronological history of martial arts and combative sports
The Leonard Nimoy Should Eat More Salsa Foundation Just what it sounds like
Life Support Website of a hilarious "lifestyle show" tv spoof
Mad Sci Submitted science questions answered by experts
MGoBlue Official U. of Michigan sports info
Missile Bases For those of you who need your very own defunct missile silo
Mountain Dew Shotgun In case anyone's wondering what to get George for Christmas
My Cat Hates You Photos of various cats who hate you
No Logo Protest those irritating network logos in the corner(s) of the tv screen
NZ Rugby Union (or All Black) Official New Zealand All Blacks rugby info
The Onion Excellent news satire
Optical illusions Some very good
Overview of World Religions Good info on various religions
PADI Scuba diving info; plus find dive shops and sites
Perpetual Bubblewrap Feeling compulsive?
Vladi Private Islands Ever wish you owned a private island?
Reason Magazine Commentary with a libertarian slant; usually well-argued
Red Cross Disaster relief
Red Wings Good unofficial Detroit Red Wings ice hockey site
Reelviews The best web-based movie reviews
Rocket Car Supposedly the true origin of the "rocket car" made famous by the Darwin Awards. We'd sure like to believe it, because it's a great story.
The Skeptic's Dictionary Just what it sounds like
Skeptic FAQ Interesting summary of a forum about pseudoscience, claims of supernatural phenomena, etc.
SpaceImaging.com Satellite and aerial images of Earth
spam.abuse.net Help stamp out spam - spammers are scum
Suck.com Formerly interesting commentary site; now re-runs
Take Our Word Good accessible etymology site
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About Funny stuff
Tweef! A collection of links to some weird, icky, disturbing, and hilarious sites; be careful what you click on here
Universal Currency Converter Handy when you're looking at foreign websites
Urban Legends Verifies or debunks "urban legends"; see the one on baby names
The Useless Pages A good list of useless links
VerbalKungFu Either you get it or you don't
W Girls Brace yourself for a creative use of Dubya's face
Word Oddities and Trivia "Names That Became Words" and more
World's 8 Worst One man's list of some of the world's worst foods
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature, definitely a good cause...but World Wildlife Fund was a better name - why'd they change it?
RIP
In the hope that they might someday return from the dead, we have buried here some of the better links that appeared broken (or changed) last time we checked them.
Hit or Stand Blackjack tutor in the form of a shockwave game; you get points for correct choices, not for winnings [vacant]
Little Billy A kid's survey of U.S. Supreme Court Justices on their McDonald's preferences - he got responses from most of them [broken]
The Site of the Systems: The View of the Future A must-see. As the Tweef guy says, stick with it... [broken]
Sovietski Selling everything from a Soviet admiral's uniform to tsarist propaganda [changed]
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