TIL that in 1916, a conman called Sir Edmund Backhouse, claiming to be working for the Chinese government, sold the UK six (non-existent) battleships and an (imaginary) flotilla-load of rifles.

[since originally being published on Reddit, the resource in question has been moved to http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30513]

"Ammo can" style geocache - a guide for UK cachers

Dan provides a video guide to "ammo can" geocache containers.

A tumblr exclusively for photographs of fries. Daily posts going back for ages.

Clarification on Rule 2? Can we even *mention* /r/The_Haven?

[this was originally posted to a private subreddit] Hi, /r/The_Haven. I’ve had a disagreement with our member /u/NOT_MEEHAN and wanted…