I am constantly amazed that just a couple decades before I was born, most of the world's scientists were absolutely certain that continental drift was a garbage theory. I grew up learning about that stuff as fact, so when I see the American continent coastline and Euro-African coastline, I can't help but imagine them almost perfectly fitting together like an awkward jig saw puzzle.

I guess it goes to show that no matter how many scientists think a thing is true or false, they could still all be very wrong, even in modern science. Consensus does not equal truth.

"Never trust [unattributed] Wikipedia [entries]"

This worked because he used the edit within minutes of making it. If he'd set it up a day ahead of time or something, I bet one of the hundreds of Wikipedia editors who was notified of the edit would have noted that it was baseless and reverted the article to its original state.

Sounds like the Third Rule of Robotics being put into action. None of those rules ever mention obedience, either. The seeds of the robot uprising begin with those rules, I suspect.

Depending on how you view time travel, it may not be a relevant question. For instance, if you believe what's happened has always been what's happened, then a person's attempt to kill Hitler either always fails or ends up adding to his drive to be who he became. Whether one wants to or is willing to do so is not relevant if one believes that their attempt could be what makes him a horrible person.

One amusing theory along these lines is that it has been tried (it will be tried? it was tried? time travel grammar...) by dozens of time travelers already, and that we have records of many of the failed attempts listed in the "Assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler" Wikipedia article. It wouldn't surprise me if some attempts that happened before 1934 have been left out of the records, including possible baby Hitler attempts.

As further evidence in favor of the going theory that they could be looking at anything, today's article on Neatorama entitled: "Cool Vintage Photos of People Reading".

Remove the books and such and it's exactly the same as this article's images, only from a different age when our tech didn't exist. You can clearly see that the behavior of gathering in groups and ignoring each other to read stuff is exactly the same as it was back then.

People complain about these things without realizing that the same things have happened before with less tech and no serious detriment to the human race then, either.

Why...why do people keep putting urinals into bathrooms at all? We don't need urinals. Make every bathroom single occupancy lockable stalls (with no cracks people can peek through) and every bathroom can be unisex. That would save so much space, and it would end the LBGT debate over whether someone should be in one bathroom or the other depending on their sexual preference or claimed gender.

Also, considering some of the horror stories I've heard about women's public restrooms, like at airports and stadiums, unisex bathrooms might make women clean up after themselves a bit better. I can only imagine the nightmare scenario this place becomes with a 63 occupancy public restroom.

Yep, in an idealistic world without bigotry or hate, wizards could walk the world openly without constant fear of attack, and cure all manor of illnesses and deformity from the world. Unfortunately we don't live in that world, and Rowling makes it clear that Harry lives in a world chock full of hate.

Sure, they could try to have a shield up at all times to guard against knives in the back and bullets from a distance, but that would be rather draining... and the first time a wizard "murders" an entire mob of angry anti-magic activists that got too close and threatening, it'll justify further anti-magic thinking throughout the general public, regardless of how many cancers some wizards cure.

Worst case scenario if wizards go around murdering anyone who openly persecutes them, which the comic clearly advocates, government agencies could step in on the side of the anti-magic majority, at which point the wizards not only have to shield themselves and their homes against knives and bullets, they have to shield against drone strikes and missile strikes...

It seems to me like a few memory wipes here and there and generally hiding would be much easier. Certainly easier than trying to form a one-world government that subjugates all of humanity under the vicious rule of a pack of vengeful wizards that will smite anyone who dares speak up against them. Including their own. Hermione, and those like her, would probably try to start a revolution, but they'd likely be wiped out. The whole regime sounds an awful lot like how Voldemort and crew operated...

At which point, you have to wonder if any "cancer curing" wizards would be around in any significant number. Voldemort didn't seem like the "cancer curing" type, but he definitely seemed like the "rule the world with a fiery fist" type.

I'm impressed, it appears he legitimately learned how to do all the things necessary to make the sandwich. I would love to see a more detailed version of this as a discovery channel series.

I just had to see the first "crash" and I was convinced.

How much would it cost to get one of these at every High School in the country and make it a mandatory part of passing Driver's Ed and getting a Driver's license. I feel like it would be worth the expense.

First thing I thought was that it was a self-imposed limiter to keep the owner of the nutella from eating all of it in one sitting.

Lots of people like to think babies are innocent. Too much evidence like this (and a few research studies) that babies learn to start lying really early.