Daily Blend: Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Derek Acorah, shameless fraud

Feeling sleep deprived, so here are some quick links to tie y’all over while I mourn today’s canceled music lesson.

The Telegraph’s Tom Chivers rips into “psychic” Derek Acorah ^[pictured] for declaring that Madeleine McCann is dead and will be reincarnated.
(via @BadAstronomer)

Meanwhile, Seth Mnookin at The Panic Virus debunks anti-vaccine bullshit from both TLC and the Chicago Sun-Times.
(via @BadAstronomer)

Norway government officially divorces church from state. (The article comments provide moderate entertainment.)
(via Rob F)

Six ways the founding of the United States was actually much more interesting than what history class told us.

If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.

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