50 Things That Made the Modern Economy and Bacon (TWIL)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink
One summer in London, the Thames was so stinky, it made a wiki entry xD

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/3zxnr8/press_button_to_start_screens_at_the_beginning_of/
Why do we have “Press button to start” screens in games? Certification.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy – Podcast about 50 important inventions (about 8 minutes per episode)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)
This ship sank after firing salutation fire. Bad design. Powerful weaponry.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjl_lx2ZqnDGOy7YDwLv2sw/videos
(CZ) Vortex – nový zajímavý pořad o české herní scéně

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide
Drug scandal in Germany (causing birth defects in children)

Bacon is from the belly of a pig (classic bacon)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shope_papilloma_virus
There is a virus which makes rabbits grow “horns”

http://www.toolkitforthinking.com/creative-thinking/concept-fan
Concept Fan – An interesting approach how to think about problems and their solutions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_(unit)
There is a Helen unit of beauty based on Helen of Troy
(1 helen equals to “Raze one city and launch the World War I US Battleship Delaware”)