This is the television version of putting Samoa Girl Scout cookies on top of a cheesecake.
Louis C.K. returns to “Parks & Recreation” next week!
Get excited.
The Battle for Jeju Island: How the Arms Race is Threatening a Korean Paradise
There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Jeju Island, even though it’s a newly named “Wonder of Nature,” a UNESCO Global Geosite, and an incredible spiritual, culturally and ecologically unique land.
It’s also “cursed” with the geostrategic disadvantage of being just about the perfect place for the U.S. military to build an anti-ballistics missile defense base, to keep us safe from China.
Locals are protesting the construction, but they’re running out of time.
Read Robert Redford’s plea to save Jeju Island, and then visit SaveJejuIsland.org to help. (via: onearth)
Mind-Melter of the Day
It turns out that if you divide 1 by 998,001 you get all three-digit numbers from 000 to 999 in order.
Except for 998.
(via Futility Closet)
Mathematics is a beautiful, beautiful thing.
