December 13, 2011: Afternoon
- Obama hails end of war in Iraq; Iran cheers its victory.
- Red Cross considers whether violent video games should be subject to international humanitarian law.
- Chart plots which countries spend the most at Christmas.
- Receivers don't care how much gifts cost; people prefer cash to surprises.
- Cambridge puts Newton's books on the web, including the Principia Mathematica.
- It takes seven shuffles to randomize a deck of cards, though a perfect shuffle done eight times will return the deck to its original order.
- Double-yolk eggs are rare, but may appear in clusters.
- Brief interviews with Mormon fashion bloggers.
- Longform's best long essays from 2011 for your holiday reading.
- See also: TMN's longreads aisle.
- See also: Kindle edition of TMN's best holiday pieces.
- Torn porn found in a parking garage at Chicago's O'Hare airport (NSFW).
- Musicians’ union leaflets the Blue Note to gain a pension and minimum wage for jazz artists.
- Number of Metafilter members who have appeared on Jeopardy! (How many is 23?)
- John Zorn, avant-gardist, releases a Christmas album "that we can all enjoy."