{"id":5073,"date":"2010-09-20T07:14:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T07:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2010\/09\/20\/links-for-2010-09-20\/"},"modified":"2010-09-20T07:14:29","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T07:14:29","slug":"links-for-2010-09-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/09\/20\/links-for-2010-09-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2010-09-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_18718_6-famous-unsolved-mysteries-that-have-totally-been-solved.html?wa_user1=1&amp;wa_user2=Science&amp;wa_user3=article&amp;wa_user4=recommended\">6 Famous Unsolved Mysteries (That Have Totally Been Solved) | Cracked.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;One of our favorite pastimes here at Cracked is sucking the mystery out of life like the cream out of a Twinkie, leaving only the bland, dry sponge cake of reality behind. To that end, we&#8217;ve decided to list the often mundane solutions to some of the world&#8217;s most enduring mysteries, and once again, you&#8217;re welcome.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/history\">history<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/internet\">internet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/lists\">lists<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/cracked\">cracked<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slacktivist.typepad.com\/slacktivist\/2010\/09\/jackie-at-the-crossroads.html\">slacktivist: Jackie at the crossroads<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;&#8221;But this girl I work with told me about it,&#8221; Jackie says. &#8220;She read it in a magazine. And she said her cousin knew the lady who died.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nope,&#8221; Dan says. &#8220;Urban legend. Look.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He hands her the phone with this page from Snopes.com on the screen, disproving the story.<\/p>\n<p>Now Jackie is at a moral crossroads. She has to make a choice. The actual facts do not appear to be in dispute, but she is invested in this story. She has told it before, several times. She has endured quite a bit of discomfort at airports because she believed it to be true. 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