I didn't know that

Before she wrote all those strange and fascinating novels, Muriel Spark revived the reputation of Mary Shelley as, among other things, the founder of science fiction.

Thanx to Arts & Letters Daily

Not going along with the gag

What women shouldn't have to do

Thanx to Geek Feminism.

Conspiracy theories

As they say of praise and perfume, sniff, don't swallow. Michael Johnson illuminates us on the amusement value of conspiracy theories.

Thanx to RAW Illumination.

Psychedelics

Science insists on recognizing the value of several ritually unclean substances.

Thanx to andrewducker