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ISO 3103 - An interesting article I stumbled upon while browsing the semi-official Wikipedia online store. It's humorous how we've managed to standardize something so basic and run-of-the-mill as brewing a pot of tea.

Extreme ironing - An "extreme sport" that's more of a parody of extreme sports than it is an actual athletic event. It mostly entails going to ridiculous places and ironing clothes. It's crazy where some of these people have pressed their shirts; on plateus, while freefalling, bungee jumping, even underwater! In fact, a group of 72 divers set a world record by having all of them iron their clothes simultaniously while submerged!

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo - One of the anomalies of the English language. The ability to repeat the same word eight times and still have it make grammatical sense just goes to show how weird English is as a language.

Thinking about the immortality of the crab - An interesting Spanish idiom, and while I haven't found a use for it just yet, I hope to find one. I find it interesting how such strange things can manifest themselves in a language, as nothing about "the immortality of the crab" strikes me as related to daydreaming.

Schizophasia - A.K.A. word salad, a serious condition with quite humorous results. There is something about "Tissues without a triangular head lice be it with controller is the noodle man of ice pops and radio yes thanks." that I find to be extremely hilarious.

String Theory - While not exactly "strange", it is definitely out of the ordinary, and Wikipedia provides a primer on this extremely facinating theory of particle physics that has always interested me. Take a look for yourself and see if you can sort through the jargon; it'll change your view of the world.