Delicious LiveJournal Links for 8-13-2009

Come summer, inboxes around the world start to fill with the same old messages claiming that on August 27, Mars will come so close to the Earth that it will appear as large as the full moon in the night sky. This year, the hoax itself has received a lot more attention than usual, which makes the University of Toronto Libraries Department’s celebration of the "closest approach of Mars in recorded history" even more embarrassing.

very strong beer, a history in the U.S.