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Dental History. Anesthesia was discovered by dentists (attributed to Horace Wells and William Morton). Gold filling has been in use since the 15th century.
posted by tboz at 10:53 PM PST - 16 comments

I Love Death [warning: potentially NSFW, Flash, and Music] [via The TechLawAdvisor and Blort]
posted by anathema at 8:05 PM PST - 24 comments

Women in Afghanistan are still widely oppressed, opium production is flourishing, Kabul is running out of money, and elections may have to be postponed (Karzai denies this). Afghanistan is still a mess.
posted by homunculus at 6:19 PM PST - 53 comments

These are your daddy's comics Ever wanted to see Orphan Annie engaged in bestiality? How aboutPopeye the Sailor Man ramming a door to splinters with his massive phallus? Just a couple of the odd little things that passed for erotic art in not too long ago.
posted by Grod at 6:00 PM PST - 15 comments

Harold and Maude. We hold on his wretched face as his mother's hysterical cries are heard in the background. Harold moves his head and listens. He breaks into a sly, satisfied grin.
posted by thebabelfish at 3:41 PM PST - 42 comments

Arakimentari: A Documentary Film and Journey Into the Mind Of Photographer Nobuyoshi Araki. [some nudity + salacity]
posted by hama7 at 2:22 PM PST - 1 comments

Traffic Island Discs is a radio programme [on Resonance FM] about music, people and spaces. We roam the streets looking for people wearing headphones, stop them, and interview them while recording whatever they are listening to. The result is a half hour tour of an area of London, heard through people's personal tastes and rhythms. The site has the archived shows [Broadband (or save as mp3s)]. [via City of Sound]
posted by Blue Stone at 1:16 PM PST - 5 comments

DEA wants to reclassify low grade painkillers as morphine equivilants. The DEA, in all it's wisdom, has decided that the next target on the "war on drugs" is hydrocodone, the most commonly used prescription pain killer in the country. "Ah," you say..."but surely there's congressional oversight for that sort of radical change in the Drug Schedule." But you'd be wrong. Funny old world when the budget and staff keeping getting bigger and bigger and the only way they can win a battle is to chase the arthritic.
posted by dejah420 at 1:08 PM PST - 33 comments

Bush Yoga.
posted by me3dia at 12:49 PM PST - 12 comments

Stewardess ID'd Hijackers Early, Transcripts Show - Gail Sheehy offers a gripping read that details flight crew heroics on Flight 11, and one that points to many questions still unanswered. And in a view of the terrible events from the ground, Firehouse.com presents 22 extraordinary stories told by firefighters who were in or around the WTC. (Be forewarned that these are strong narratives.)
posted by madamjujujive at 12:21 PM PST - 42 comments

A concerned reader in St. Louis just might be Dave Eggers. A weekend glitch on Amazon Canada allowed people to see the true secret identities behind reviews on the site. [NYT Link]
posted by drezdn at 10:26 AM PST - 30 comments

leadholder.com :: the online drafting pencil museum
posted by anastasiav at 9:12 AM PST - 11 comments

muse cube. A nice place for the beautiful.
posted by the fire you left me at 7:59 AM PST - 15 comments

The San Francisco Chronical has an observance on the 10th anniversary of the death of Randy Shilts. His second book, And the Band Played On opened my eyes to the AIDS epidemic, as I am sure it did to a lot of straight people. I was amazed to see him pilloried in the gay press as being a traitor to his "kind." My understanding is that this disfavor arose from his assertion that aspects of the hard-won sexual freedom enjoyed by many gay men were also killing them. Anyone want to weigh in on this?
posted by Danf at 7:32 AM PST - 25 comments

The history of the BBC
A chronological history of everyone's favourite broadcaster, from Guglielmo Marconi to Ricky Gervais.
posted by Mwongozi at 7:22 AM PST - 6 comments

How not to re-enact your favourite movie Two girls take their love of Thelma and Louise too far. Laws aside, what scene from a movie would you live out if you had a choice?
posted by Jubey at 7:01 AM PST - 34 comments

The 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to Do in the U.S. Army including:
* Not allowed to operate a business out of the barracks.
* Especially not a pornographic movie studio.
* Not even if they *are* 'especially patriotic films'
posted by Irontom at 5:16 AM PST - 11 comments

She claimed to be a sporting champion whose brave and public battle against cancer turned her into a national hero across France. But when Florence le Vot was asked to become the patron of a charity to tackle the disease her conscience finally got the better of her.
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:07 AM PST - 10 comments