1. changing from helvetica / arial to century gothic can save a business as much as $80 per printer per year due to the thinner lines in the font. link

2. it is illegal for a british monarch to be roman catholic or be married to one. link

3. roman catholics were not permitted to be in the british parliament before 1830 or so. link

4. the fine-structure constant might not be constant throughout the universe. link

5. if you’re planning on going hiking around angry bears, it’s good to be a baseball player with a decent-sized rock in your throwing hand… link

6. in the future, guitars may play themselves. link

7. continuing with a previous post on this subject, almost a quarter-million really old people in japan are probably dead. link