Infographic: The Flowchart of Medieval Penitent Sexual Decision-Making.

We missed Dog Farting Awareness Day yesterday, but Scientific American‘s article on the science of dog farts is still worthwhile.

When Does Work Actually Get Done? Work gets done at 11 a.m. on a Monday in October. At all other times of day, we’re basically slacking.


A history of the joke “Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?”

The Physics Behind a Baseball Bat’s Sweet Spot. Related: Mark Steyn on the history of the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”


Inside the Secret Workshop of the Louvre.

ICYMI, the most recent links are here, and are all April Fool’s Day related.