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1. "Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than all the Macs sold it in 28 years."

2. Deep Throat's motivation in leaking information to Bob Woodward.

3. Deadline says, "'John Carter’ Tracking Shockingly Soft: 'Could Be Biggest Writeoff Of All Time.'"

4. The Baltimore Orioles angered South Korea by signing a high school kid, and as a result are banned from the country. And South Korea voided the contract.

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1. The Oakland A's were the talk of the sports world on Monday after signing Cuban slugger/outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, who put out a truly outlandish promotional video. If you're not convinced it's worth your time to watch, read this detailed description.

2. A lengthy analysis of why the Death Star's trash compactor makes little sense.

3. Bonsai tree houses.

4. Gyroscopically stabilized pool table for cruise ships.

5. Neverwhere, maybe my favorite Neil Gaiman novel, is currently a $3 download at Amazon.

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1. The Mass Effect 3 demo is now available.

2. Mike Krahulik has some negative comments about the story in The Old Republic.

3. The 10 worst swings of the 2011 baseball season. Via.

4. The latest Paranorman newspaper.

5. The BBTS already has preorders for some of the Toy Fair 2012 toys, including Play Arts Kai Mass Effect and Lego Star Wars and Avengers.

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1. Two great articles about baseball (I like reading about baseball infinitely much more than actually watching it) - - what its like to be a Milwaukee Brewers fan; the sad state of the Baltimore Orioles.

2. I think I posted about this guy before - - he forges famous paintings, poses as a Jesuit priest, and then donates them to various art galleries. Well, the Financial Times tracked him down and interviewed him. Via.

3. An assertion that Olympus lost a huge amount of money and tried to hide the losses with help of the Yakuza.

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1. A Deadspin commenter on the World Series:

Nothing sums up baseball more than the outcome of the most important game of the year and on the biggest stage being decided partly by two old white guys not being able to hear each other on a landline.

2. The next game from the developers of Sword and Sworcery is Super TIME Force. More details here. Via.

3. Speaking of video games, Data Jammer looks like a cool Tron-esque racer.

4. Last Exit to Nowhere is giving away a shirt today. Also new in the store is a black version of the Usual Suspects t-shirt.