Extreme reporting

John Simpson summarises the current state of Iranian politics while obliviously crossing several lanes of Tehran traffic.

Next on BBC News 24: Robert Peston analyses the latest developments in the nationalisation of Northern Rock while skiing into a volcano, and Stephen Sackur wrestles a bear.

Bizarre Military Experiments

I draw your attention, not only to Cracked.com in general, with their ability to come up with titles for list articles that most magazine editors would kill for—7 Insane Conspiracies That Actually Happened, The 12 Most Ridiculous Similes in Music History, 6 Singers Who Are Mistaken About Their Raw Sexuality, The 7 Most Terrifying Corporate Mascots of All Time—but in particular to this illuminating article:

The 10 Most Bizarre Military Experiments