Soft on news but full of weird this afternoon so I'm going to throw out some stuff that might tickle you. But this, this is cool-
Final spin: Grieving families offered environmentally friendly cremations... with a £300,000 'tumble dryer'
You can use language courses developed for U.S. diplomats for free. The courses, which usually feature PDF texts and MP3 audio—plus tests—were created before 1989 and are now in the public domain. Currently, you can't download anything, because the site's servers got swamped after a mention on Lifehacker. But I thought y'all might want to bookmark for future use, once things get up and running again.
An Illustrated Guide to Hollywood Jailhouse Tats
Science Fiction magazine art gallery from LIFE
Dogs doing yoga