Listmania, April 2009
1. "20 Things You Didn't Know About... Money" <http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/20-things-you-didn.t-know- about-money> 2. "Top 11 compounds in US drinking water" <http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16397> "A comprehensive survey of the drinking water for more than 28 million Americans has detected the widespread but low-level presence of pharmaceuticals and hormonally active chemicals." 3. "8 Brilliant Scientific Screw-ups" <http://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23600.html> "Hard work and dedication have their time and place, but the values of failure and ineptitude have gone unappreciated for far too long. They say that patience is a virtue, but the following eight inventions prove that laziness, slovenliness, clumsiness and pure stupidity can be virtues, too." 4. "10 Old Wives' Tales Debunked" <http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Health/Conditions-Diseases/ 10-Old-Wives-Tales-Debunked.html> 5. "12 Good Gadgets for Hard Times" <http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/12-good-gadgets.html> 6. "Gadget Graveyard: 10 Technologies About to Go Extinct" <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,515647,00.html> 7. "The 10 Worst Microsoft Product Names of All Time" <http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,161618/printable.html> "From Microsoft Bob to Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft has shown a real talent for unfortunate product names. Here are our picks for the worst--along with alternatives that might have worked better." 8. "25 Websites To Have Fun With Your Photos" <http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-websites-to-have-fun-with-your-photos/> 9. "IMDb: Top 250 movies as voted by our users" <http://www.imdb.com/chart/top>