July 31, 2012: Afternoon
- If you live in America, you are four times more likely to be murdered than if you live in Britain.
- Obama's winning on messages, but Romney's talking points are Americans' hot-button issues, Gallup shows.
- Jonah Lehrer’s deceptions.
- The 2012 Olympics gold medals are mostly silver, silver medals are actually sterling silver, bronze metals are copper.
- Follow your favorite countries' Olympics wins with Animal New York's medal tracker.
- Iraq invented boxing, Sweden introduced rhythmic gymnastics, yet both struggle at the sports they created.
- Bill Simmons falls for women's handball.
- Social media addicts take up new habits to avoid Olympics spoilers due to NBC's time delay.
- Behind the infamous Vogue profile of Syria's first lady.
- Study of shipwreck mortality finds that until the Titanic, "women and children first" was largely a myth.
- Inside Dubai's Museum of Women.
- Portraits of trophy-hunting tourists in Africa.
- Toilet paper has come a long way since its origins in 14th-century China.
- Texan BBQ aficionado visits Manhattan's Hill Country.
- A species of termite in French Guiana defends against attackers with exploding bugs packed with toxic crystals.
- Vintage motivational posters.