A linguist explains what old-timey British accents sounded like. This is excellent fodder for all those random Christmas party conversations you are likely to encounter this week.
How a blonde American kid became a superstar in Saudi Arabia.
This video about standing-in-line behavior is SO ME. Especially in the Middle East (to the extent that there are lines there). God bless Finland for their queue ticket numbers!
This story about a journalist playing Cupid warmed my heart. Sometimes real life is just like the movies.
I'm sure you've seen this: across the USA for $213 by train. But there is also this rebuttal, which made me laugh. [HT Anna]
My brother just sent me this account of a strange soccer match in which it was to both teams' interests to score an own goal. I find this to be completely charming. [HT Blair]