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1. The fake Jack & Jill Twitter account was almost certainly funnier than the film.

2. Rats enjoy being tickled and laugh.

3. Seems a little too cinematic to be a faithful report - - but this article about a death on Disney cruise ship is certainly interesting. And don't miss this article about what life is like for Disney cruise ship workers. Via.

4. The college football all-name team, including Yourhighness Morgan and Mister Cobble.

5. My 4 and 6 year-olds love Scribblenauts. Do you recommend any other educational iOS apps? (Math, science, reading, history, whatever).

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1. T-Bob Hebert and Spiffy Evans - - two players on Grantland's 2011-12 College Football All-Name Team.

2. I enjoyed the copy of Lady with a Past: A Petulant French Sculptor, His Quest for Immortality, and the Real Story of the Statue of Liberty I was sent. Lots of interesting information about the building of the Statue of Liberty. For example, sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi devised the Statue of Liberty only after he tried and failed to convince "Ismail the Magnificent" of Egypt to build a rather different statue in Egypt:

His sculpture depicted a robed fellah, an Egyptian slave, holding a torch aloft in her stout hand.

The Kindle single is $2 at Amazon.

3. Comment and win an art book.

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1. Kim Jon-Il's exiled grandson is named Han Sol.

2. Hand signals used by restaurant staff. Via.

3. Mysterious Russian radio tower. Via.

4. The Daily seems to be doing terribly, but it does feature a lot of great articles, such as this one about Zach Baron's misadventures in Las Vegas.